Two armed robbery incidents happened on Cornelia Avenue and Belle Plaine Avenue near Irving Park, Chicago, police said.
Two men were robbed at gunpoint hours apart early Monday near the Irving Park neighborhood.
The first victim, 62, was walking on a sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Cornelia Avenue when three men stepped out of a red sedan and approached him about 1:30 a.m., Chicago police said. They threatened to rob the man at gunpoint before taking his personal belongings and striking him in the face with the gun, police said.Bank of America robbed by 2 armed men in Skokie; security guard held at gunpoint, police say
About three hours later, a 38-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint less than a mile away, according to police. Police said the man was leaving a gas station in the 3900 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue when three men exited a sedan, approached him and began to beat him with a gun.He refused medical care at the scene, police said.
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