Two armed robberies reported 15 minutes apart on Chicago's Southwest Side
CHICAGO â Two dramatic home invasions and robberies just 15 minutes apart Thursday morning with an exchange of gunfire in one case as Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies on Chicago's Southwest Side.A mother and her son were sitting in a car when they were robbed and then forced into their own home and held at gunpoint, and that's when a family member heard yelling and decided to step in with his own gun.
They took their belongings and then forced them into the house, where Segura was sleeping, until he heard yelling.Then the suspects demanded money from everyone in the house. Segura called it a hostage situation. He said the gunmen told him and his brother to go away. He did but came back with his gun and said he had a concealed carry license.'I tell her to get down, duck. Get out of the way. They shot once. I shot right back. They shot again and just kept exchanging fires,' Segura said.
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