Crime & Safety

2 Rob Pedestrian On Hyde Park Boulevard

Police say the crime occurred near 55th Street Thursday evening.

CHICAGO – A person walking in Hyde Park Thursday evening was robbed of a wallet.

University of Chicago police say that two people approached the victim in the 5400 block of Hyde Park Boulevard and "forcibly took a wallet" before fleeing on foot around 6:20 p.m.

No one was injured in the incident.

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Chicago police have taken over the investigation.

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