Crime in Chicago: Video shows suspects wanted in at least 15 armed robberies on the city’s Southwest Side

CHICAGO – The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is actively searching for suspects connected to at least fifteen armed robberies in the city Southwest side.

In each incident, suspects approached the victims on foot, displayed a small black handgun and demanded their wallets and cellphones, police said.

The suspects are also believed to be involved in separate armed robberies of delivery workers. In these cases, they waited for the drivers to approach a house and then robbed them. Recently, the offenders ordered Uber rides, attacking the drivers with batons and guns and escaping in the Uber drivers’ vehicles.

The incidents occurred at these locations and times:

• 1600 block of West 82nd Street on July 24 at 11 p.m
• 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue on July 31 at 2 p.m
• 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue on August 3 at 11:15 p.m
• 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue on August 23 at 6 p.m
• 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue on August 24 at 7:30 p.m
• 8100 block of South Ashland Avenue on September 9 at 5:30 p.m
• 8100 block of South Ashland Avenue on September 21 at 5:45 p.m
• 8100 block of South Ashland Avenue on September 22 at 3 p.m
• 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue on September 24 at 6 p.m
• 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue on September 27 at 4:00 p.m
• 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue on October 10 at noon
• 8200 block of South Ashland Avenue on October 21 at 1:30 p.m
• 8200 block of South Emerald Avenue on October 23 at 11:40 p.m
• 1600 block of West 82nd Street on October 24 at 4:46 am
• 1600 block of West 82nd Street on October 24 at 5:30 p.m

The suspects are described as a group of two to four African-American males and one African-American female, between the ages of 13 and 25.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Area 02 Detectives at (312) 747-8273 or leave an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com.