Robbers force people to unlock phones, banking apps at gunpoint in Bucktown
CHICAGO -- Several people in Chicago were forced to unlock their phones and banking apps at gunpoint in the past 24 hours â and one case was caught on camera.There were four different robberies of this variety with five victims within a period of less than half an hour in Bucktown Thursday morning. One of them was caught on video.
A 64-year-old man who was outside was the victim, and five people robbed him at gunpoint.At 6:27 a.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of North Oakley Avenue. A 33-year-old man who was outside was the victim, and four to five men robbed him at gunpoint.An SUV being used as the getaway vehicle was mentioned in every case.
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