Two home invasions reported 15 minutes apart on Chicago's Southwest Side
CHICAGO â Chicago police are investigating two armed robberies and home invasions on Chicago's Southwest Side. The home invasions were reported just 15 minutes apart. The first home invasion was reported around 1:25 a.m. in West Lawn. A man and woman were in a car, near 63rd street and Kolin Avenue, when two suspected approached. The offenders first took property from the victims and then followed the man and woman inside the house.
Police said there was an exchange of gunfire inside before the suspects took off. Officers recovered a gun inside the house.Fifteen minutes later, a similar incident took place near 59th Place and Spaulding Avenue in Chicago Lawn. A 17-year-old boy was getting out of his car when two men with handguns got out of a black SUV and approached him. They asked for his belongings and then forced him into a house. The offenders stole more items inside the house before leaving in a black SUV.
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