Police warn about armed robberies on Near West Side

Police are warning business on the Near West Side about two armed robberies this month.

In each robbery, two men men went into a business with handguns, demanded money from the register and ran away, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.

The first robbery happened about 2:30 p.m. July 14 in the 1100 block of North Western, and the second robbery happened about 7:20 a.m. July 21 in the 1100 block of West Van Buren, police said.

The robbers were described as black men, 30-40, 170-200 pounds, and standing between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8. One man had dreadlocks and another had a fade haircut, police said.

Anyone with information about the robberies should call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8382.