A Near West Side Chase Bank branch on Ashland was robbed by 3 armed men, Chicago police say.
CHICAGO -- Three people robbed a Chase Bank branch at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon on the Near West Side.
They entered the bank around 11:35 a.m. in the 1200-block of South Ashland Avenue and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, Chicago police said.RELATED: Chicago bank robbery suspect filled out withdrawal slip, gave teller ID, prosecutors say Police responded to a call of three armed men, at least one dressed in a security uniform, pushing their way into the rear vault as an employee was opening it, according to police radio traffic.
Customers and employees were corralled into the backroom and the suspects left with around $100,000, according to the radio traffic.
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