Overview
- Community alerts issued Monday and Tuesday detail robberies on Oct. 8 in Englewood and Oct. 9 in Bronzeville, each involving three males targeting teenage boys.
- In the Oct. 8 Englewood case aboard a train near 63rd Street and Halsted around 8 p.m., a 15-year-old was robbed at gunpoint by suspects described as Black males wearing a black jacket over a gray sweater, a black sweater with a gray backpack, and a gray Nike sweater with black Adidas pants.
- In the Oct. 9 Bronzeville case on the 35th–Bronzeville–IIT platform around 4:30 p.m., a 16-year-old was robbed by three Black males described as wearing a light-colored flannel jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt with a graphic and black pants with black-and-white gym shoes, and a white T-shirt with red pants.
- Police released surveillance images and ask anyone with information to contact Public Transportation detectives at 312-745-4447 or submit anonymous tips at CPDTIP.com.
- Reference numbers provided include JJ446784 for the Oct. 9 Bronzeville case, while reports list differing numbers for the Oct. 8 Englewood case (JJ444919 per CWB Chicago and JJ4444919 per CBS Chicago).