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Armed robbers hit twice in Burnside on the South Side

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Police are cautioning Burnside residents after a pair of armed robberies in the same block in the South Side neighborhood last month.

Two black males about 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds brandished guns and knives while demanding victims’ things on Feb.21 in the 9400 block of South King Drive, first at 3:45 a.m. and again at 8:15 p.m., according to a community alert from 6th District police.

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