Armed robbers target lone victims in Hyde Park

Police are warning South Side residents about two armed robberies that happened near each other this month in Hyde Park.

In both cases, two to three male suspects approached a lone victim either entering or inside a vehicle, Chicago police said. One suspect held up the male victim at gunpoint, and the others drove off in a second vehicle. They got away with the victim’s property.

The robberies happened:

• at 1:15 a.m. April 3 in the 5100 block of South Lake Park Avenue and
• at 1:45 a.m. April 4 in the 5100 block of South Cornell Avenue.

The suspects are described as 16 to 25 years old and used a red Chevrolet Malibu with tinted windows and a black GMC SUV in the robberies, police said.

Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to call Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.

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