Police warn of armed robberies at Gage Park businesses

Police are warning residents about three recent armed robberies at Gage Park neighborhood businesses on the Southwest Side.

In each incident, the suspect approached a victim with a handgun and announced the robbery, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.

The robberies happened:

• about 3:15 p.m. Aug. 10 in the 5700 block of South Western;
• about 5:36 p.m. Aug. 23 in the 2700 block of West 59th Street; and
• about 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23 in the 2400 block of West 55th Street.

The robber is described as a black male, between 17 and 25 years old, standing between 5-foot-7 and 6-foot-1, weighing between 120 and 170 pounds, with short black hair and a medium-to-dark complexion, police said.

Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8382.