Crime News Metro/State

Ride share driver gets car robbed in Wicker Park

Around 2:40 a.m., a man, 52, was sitting in his 2018 Hyundai sedan in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue when he was forced out of his vehicle, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Police are warning residents about thieves breaking car windows since Dec. 2, 2019, in the West Loop. — A man was robbed of his car in Wicker Park Monday.

A ride share driver was robbed of his car Monday in Wicker Park on the Northwest Side.

Around 2:40 a.m., a man, 52, was sitting in his 2018 Hyundai sedan in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue when he was forced out of his vehicle by two males who had exited a black sedan, Chicago Police said.

The two then fled in the Hyundai while a third male fled in the black sedan, police said.

The victim wasn’t injured, and no one was in custody, according to police.

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