Crime & Safety
Masked Trio Rob Niles Gas Station, Customer At Gunpoint: Police
A gunman ordered a customer who came into the Milwaukee Avenue gas station during the robbery to the ground and robbed him, police said.
NILES, IL — Three masked men robbed a gas station and an unlucky customer at gunpoint Monday in Niles, police said.
The trio entered the Shell station at 6901 N. Milwaukee Ave. shortly before 4 a.m., according to police. They were clad in black and wearing ski masks.
One of them pointed a handgun at the clerk before all three came around the counter, ordering the clerk to open the register and get down on the ground.
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Two of the robbers grabbed lottery tickets, worthless when stolen, and $2,700 worth of cigarette cartons, according to Bureau Chief Robert Tornabene. Two of them then left the store.
A short time later, a customer came into the store, and the remaining robber pulled out a gun and ordered the customer to the ground. The gunman searched him and stole his iPhone before taking about $300 from the register and leaving.
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The robbers fled in a dark sedan south on Milwaukee Avenue. No further descriptions were available from police, who asked anyone with information about the incident to contact the Niles police detectives at 847-588-6570.
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