Concerns are growing after a series of armed robberies in the Brighton Park neighborhood.
Chicago police have issed an alert about armed robberies, including several in the Brighton Park neighborhood.Chicago police have released a community alert about 18 armed robberies, including many in the Brighton Park neighborhood.Alderman Ray Lopez is urging anyone with information to come forward to police. It comes as concerns grow over robberies in the city's Brighton Park neighborhood.
Employees of an auto repair shop near 44th Street and Western Avenue said a vendor told them he was robbed outside their business Saturday morning, just before they opened. That's the same corner where"It's just outrageous to me and we're doing everything we can to put more pressure on CPD, my local districts, asking for more manpower, but crime is like a balloon and if you squeeze here, it expands somewhere else," Alderman Lopez said.
Police said there were at least three other armed robberies in the same area within a three hour period on Saturday. All of them happened blocks apart on 47th Street.Chicago police issued an alert about the robbeires in Brighton Park and other neighborhoods, with the robberies taking part in the:-2700-block of North Southport Ave. on March 23, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.-2400-block of West Flournoy Ave. on March 25, 2023 at 5:50 a.m.-2800-block of West 47th Street on March 25, 2023 between 06:05-06:15 a.
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