Robberies reported in 17th (Albany Park) District; last month’s shootout involving CTA security, 3 assailants in Jefferson Park remains under investigation

A delivery driver ported that he was carjacked at about 11:10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, in the 3900 block of West Lawrence Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.

The man reported that he made a delivery and saw that a woman was waiting outside of the address when he arrived, according to police.

The driver reported that he then walked back to his vehicle and entered the driver’s seat when a man walked up to his door and pointed a handgun at his head, police said.

The gunman reportedly told him to stay still while the woman entered the passenger side, searched through his belongings and took $60, according to police.

The driver also reported that the gunman then pistol-whipped him in the side of the head to make him get back into the car, police said.

The driver reported that the woman walked to a black truck when a second man entered the back seat next to him and the man with the gun got into the driver’s seat, according to police.

The driver reported that the man with the gun began to drive away but he opened the door, jumped out and ran toward Pulaski Road, police said.

The delivery driver reported that the gunman fled north on Pulaski from Lawrence, driving his silver 2017 Chevrolet Equinox, according to police.

The man with the gun was described as White/Hispanic, age 19 to 21, 5-7 to 5-8 and 200 pounds, with long brown hair, and wearing a white T-shirt and maroon shorts. The woman was described as Black, age 19 to 20, 5-2 and 110 to 120 pounds, with red braids, and wearing a black T-shirt. The second man that entered the vehicle before the driver fled was described as Black, age 19 to 20, 5-8 to 5-9 and 150 pounds, and wearing a white T-shirt and black jeans.

Also in the 17th district, a man reported that three men robbed him at about noon, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in the 4500 block of North Kedzie Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.

The 48-year-old man reported that he was outside of McDonald’s when three men approached him and demanded money, according to police. The man reported that he refused and one of the men head-butted him, causing him to fall to the ground with a bloody nose, police said. The man reported that the men took his wallet containing $350 in cash and fled, according to police.

Descriptions of the men were not given.

In addition, a woman reported that two men robbed her at about 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, in the parking lot of Bank of America, 4671 W. Irving Park Road, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.

The 83-year-old woman reported that she withdrew $500 from the automated teller machine, and then returned to her parked vehicle to wait for her caregiver to leave the bank, according to police.

The woman added that a black sport utility vehicle pulled behind her vehicle, two men exited wearing face masks, approached her vehicle, reached through the window, grabbed her arm, then took the cash from her hands, police said.

The woman told officers that the men got back into the SUV and fled east on Irving Park Road, according to police.

The woman’s caregiver reported that she exited the bank as the men fled and did not see the robbery, police said. The woman reported that she was not injured and the men did not say anything or display a weapon during the robbery, according to police.

The two men were described as age 30 to 40, 5-7 to 5-10 and 180 to 200 pounds, and wearing all black clothing and black face masks, according to police.

In the 16th (Jefferson Park) District, an individual reported being robbed at about 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, near the entrance of Chase Bank, 5606 W. Montrose Ave., according to Chicago police.

About $7,000 was reported stolen, according to police.

The assailant reportedly fled in a vehicle which had another person inside it, according to police.

No additional details were available.

UPDATE: no charges have been filed in connection with a shootout last month in which a CTA security guard exchanged gunfire with three other individuals. The incident reportedly remains under investigation.

A private security guard working at the Jefferson Park CTA Terminal, 4917 N. Milwaukee Ave., reportedly returned fire after a group of three people started harassing him and then firing their guns toward him at about 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, according to Chicago police.

Officers reported finding 23 shell casings and one bullet fragment in the area after the incident, according to police. One bullet reportedly struck the glass door of a nearby business on the north side of West Gale Street, as the damage was still visible days after the shootout.

One of three reported assailants was arrested after he was seen walking nearby in the 4900 block of North Lester Avenue in Jefferson Park, police said.

He was later released without being charged but could face charges after the investigation is completed, police said.

The man had been arrested two weeks earlier at his NW Side home and charged with an annual gun offender registration violation, and last year U.S. marshals reportedly took him into custody in connection with an attempted murder investigation, according to police.

The other two reported assailants fled the area, but police later released images of them, as a CTA surveillance camera captured the incident, police said. Both allegedly discharged a firearm during the incident, police reported.

One of them was described as a Hispanic male, age 25 to 35, heavy set, with a shag hairstyle and facial hair, and the other was described a Hispanic female, age 25 to 35, with multiple facial tattoos.

The security guard reported that as he was walking toward the Blue Line platform, three people began to insult him and a verbal altercation ensued, and one of them threatened to kill him, police said.

The guard also reported that the three people started to walk behind him as he was walking toward the bus turnaround area and that once he reached his parked vehicle in the 4800 block of North Lipps Avenue he saw the three individuals duck behind a car and start firing toward him and he returned fire, police said.

After the exchange of gunfire, the three assailants fled on foot, and it appeared that no one was struck by the gunfire, police said.
Police reportedly could be seen later that morning searching for a weapon in area dumpsters.

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