Crime & Safety
Man Pulls Gun During Robbery on Taylor
Oak Park police investigating armed robbery on Taylor Street about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A man with a gun threatened to shoot on an Oak Park man about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of South Taylor Street, according to police.
The man, who was in his 20s, about 6-feet-1 and wearing a red and blue striped shirt and dark pants, pulled the gun and said, "Give me your wallet. Don't let me shoot you," police said.
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The offender took the man's wallet, which contained the victim's ID, $80, apartment keys and two credit cards, a Samsung Galaxy II phone and an Apple laptop. The laptop was later found in the 5700 block of Lake Street. The total estimated loss is $440, police said.
The robbery is still under investigation, police said.
CORRECTION: The only item recovered was the laptop, not the phone as originally reported. Patch apologizes for the mistake.
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