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3 wanted for armed robbery of South Shore restaurant

About five people were robbed in the July 20 incident.

By Sun-Times Wire

Surveillance image of the suspects robbery. — Surveillance image of the suspects in the July 20, 2019 robbery.

Chicago police are searching for three people who robbed a restaurant July 20 in the South Shore community area.

About 1:30 a.m., the suspects entered the restaurant in the 6800 block of South Stony Island Avenue armed with a semi-automatic handgun and robbed about five people, Chicago police said.

Surveillance image of a suspect in the July 20, 2019 robbery.

Surveillance image of a suspect in the July 20, 2019 robbery.

Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.

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