Two masked men tied up Walgreens employees during an armed robbery in the Gold Coast neighborhood late Sunday, before running out a suitcase containing about $10,000 in stolen loot.
No one was injured in the attack, which began about 9:40 p.m., when one robber confronted a worker in the back of the store at 933 N. State St., placed the butt of a black gun against his spine and told him to “open the door,” according to a police report.
Once in the back office, the employee and another staffer who was counting money were held at gunpoint and ordered to lie face-down on the floor. The robbers put packing tape over the employees’ mouths and taped at least one worker’s wrists, according to the report.
One robber calmly said: “We just came for the money.” The other was “much more hostile,” and used expletives while giving orders, the report said. They walked out of the store unnoticed with the suitcase after they ordered workers to open the safe and fill it with cash.
Police said both robbers were between the ages of 20 and 27, wore COVID-19 masks over their faces and black clothing, and brandished guns.
One was about 6-foot to 6-foot-4 tall, weighed about 230 pounds, and was wearing orange and white “colorful” gym shoes and blue surgical gloves. The other robber stood between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot, and weighed about 180 pounds.
No arrests were made.
A representative with Walgreens said in a statement that the company was cooperating with police into the investigation, and that the safety of “patients, customers and team members” is their “priority.”
Contributing: Violet Miller
