Armed Robbers Target 7-Elevens Across North, NW Sides

CHICAGO — Seven 7-Eleven stores were robbed on the city's North and Northwest Sides throughout early November, police said in a community alert. Armed offenders robbed the stores between Nov. 5 and Nov. 16, police said.

In each robbery, at least two suspects grabbed the store clerk and forced them to open the cash register while the other either stood watch or stole merchandise, according to the alert.

The robbers took an unknown amount of money from the cash registers, police said. In one of the robberies, a suspect showed a handgun, according to police.

The robberies occurred:

• around 5:10 a.m. Friday in the 4300 block of North Kimball Avenue;
• around 4:20 a.m. Friday in the 3000 block of North Pulaski Road;
• around 5:15 a.m. Monday in the 3600 block of West Belmont Avenue;
• around 5:45 a.m. Sunday in the 2000 block of North Damen Avenue;
• around 5:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of West Fullerton Avenue;
• around 5:20 a.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of North Clark Street;
• around 3:45 a.m. on Nov. 5 in the 6400 block of West Diversey Avenue.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Area North detectives at (312) 744-8263.

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