Crime & Safety

Home Invaders Tie Up, Rob Howard Street Residents: Police

A neighbor found three men in their home bound by their hands and feet Sunday night, police said.

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CHICAGO — Police are investigating a report that a pair of gunmen robbed three West Rogers Park residents in their home Sunday.

Around 10 p.m., Chicago police were called to a report of a robbery in the 2900 block of Howard Street, where a neighbor said they found three men who lived at the home tied up by their hands and feet.

The three residents, aged 24, 31 and 35, told officers that two men they did not know had entered their house, pointed guns at them and stole personal property belonging to all three of them.

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The home invaders then bound the three men and fled in one of their cars before a neighbor was able to come help, police were told.


Chicago police said three residents in the 2900 block of Howard Street were robbed at gunpoint in their home by two men who fled in a Dodge Ram. (Google Maps)

The three victims did not require medical attention. No one was in custody in connection with the incident, police said.

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No information about the stolen vehicle or descriptions of the gunmen was available as of Monday afternoon.

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