Surveillance footage from a neighboring shop captured the moment five men got out of the vehicle and attacked the couple.
A couple in Chicago ’s Little Village neighborhood endured a terrifying ordeal early Thursday morning when they were kidnapped and robbed outside their newly purchased restaurant.The incident occurred around 1 a.m. as the couple arrived at their business on 26th Street.Surveillance footage from a neighboring shop captured the moment five men, three of them armed, got out of a dark vehicle and attacked the couple. The gunmen forced the pair into their restaurant, where they demanded cash.
After taking what money was on hand, the gunmen forced the couple into their car, driving them to at least four ATMs around Little Village and demanding cash withdrawals at gunpoint. The suspects also threatened to go to the family’s home and harm their children if more money wasn’t provided."They were threatening to kill me all the time. They never removed their guns from our faces," Yesenia recalled.
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