8 businesses robbed at gunpoint within 45 minutes; 2 incidents caught on camera: Chicago police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are looking for the suspects accused of carrying out eight armed robberies within 45 minutes on Thursday morning.

Police said the robberies happened between 5:30 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. in the Near West Side, West Town, West Loop, Loop and Horner Park neighborhoods. Two of the crimes were caught on surveillance video.

In each robbery, two to three thieves go into a business before taking out guns, demanding money from the register and taking cigarettes from the shelf, police said.

Police said one person in the group stands as a lookout at the entrance and another gets their vehicle ready for the getaway.

The robberies happened at the following times and locations:

• 1500 block of West Madison St on April 4, 2024 at 5:30 a.m.

• 0-100 block of North Clinton St on April 4 at 5:45 a.m.

• 500 block of West Grenshaw St on April 4 at 5:55 a.m.

• 900 block of West Washinton Blvd on April 4 at 5:43 a.m.

• 200 block of West Jackson Blvd on April 4 at 5:49 a.m.

• 500 block of West Roosevelt Rd on April 4 at 5:59 a.m.

• 3600 block of North Western Ave on April 4 at 6:15 a.m.

• 3600 block of North Western Ave on April 4 at 0615 a.m.

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