A Univision Chicago reporter and a cameraman were in Wicker Park when a black SUV and a gray sedan pulled up alongside them, Chicago police said.
A pair of Chicago journalists were held up at gunpoint by three men wearing ski masks — while covering the spate of robberies and carjackings that plagued the Windy City over the weekend, according to local police and news outlets.
A Univision Chicago reporter and a cameraman were set to do a live shot in the upscale Wicker Park section at around 4:30 a.m. on Monday when a black SUV and a gray sedan pulled up alongside them,The two male journalists — one 28 and the other 42 — were standing near the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Ave. when “three unknown male offenders exited the vehicles, wearing ski masks and displaying firearms,” Chicago police officials told The Post on Tuesday.
Two television newsmen who were on location to report on incidences of armed robbery in Chicago were themselves robbed at gunpoint by three men on Monday.in the crime-ravaged city on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, according to local authorities. Luis Godinez, the vice president of Univision Chicago, circulated an email to employees confirming that their colleagues were the ones who were robbed, accordingThe fact that the news personnel were now part of the story is “total irony,” the Univision reporter, who wished to remain anonymous, told the site.A Univision Chicago executive told employees that two of their colleagues were victims of an armed robbery.“You’re reporting on the story but you never think that you can become the story.
“So I guess it’s another reminder of how important it is to keep doing these stories and to keep pressure on our local authorities to try to prevent more events like that.”Earlier this month, a Chicago TV news videographer had two of his phones robbed while preparing to cover a news conference on the city’s West Side.Share this article:
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