Overview
- Chicago police charged Robert Cooks Jr., 23, and Teryon Pittman, 24, each with one felony count of armed robbery with a firearm.
- The confrontation happened around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 5200 block of West Montana Street in the Cragin area on the Northwest Side.
- Police said a 39-year-old man was exiting his vehicle when two men approached, one displayed a gun, and the victim, a licensed concealed-carry holder, fired and struck Cooks in the legs.
- Officers arrested both suspects at the scene, and Cooks was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition.
- FOX 32 reports Pittman has prior criminal cases in Chicago since 2020, including two domestic battery cases, while Area Five detectives investigate.