Chicago police investigating 2 separate kidnapping, armed robberies minutes apart near Wrigley Field

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are investigating two separate incidents within the metropolis’s Wrigleyville neighborhood after victims mentioned they had been kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint on the North Facet.

Each crimes occurred minutes aside and simply steps away from Wrigley Area close to Clark & Addison streets.

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“It’s going to undoubtedly put one thing in my head to consider, particularly round that point of evening,” mentioned Demetrius Denton, who lives within the space.

A 27-year-old man was strolling on the sidewalk within the 3500-block of North Clark Avenue round 1 a.m. Sunday when two unidentified males compelled him right into a grey sedan at gunpoint, in keeping with police. The sufferer was pushed for a number of blocks and launched after the boys took his pockets and telephone.

Then, about quarter-hour later at roughly 1:15 a.m., a 23-year-old man strolling on the sidewalk within the 11077-block of West Addison Avenue when the precise situation occurred to him. A person compelled the sufferer right into a grey sedan at gunpoint, the place he was then pushed to an unknown location and launched after the offender took his telephone and pockets, police mentioned.

Neither sufferer was injured.

“In that state of affairs, you actually do not know. It is that fight-or-flight, and also you by no means actually know till you are in that state of affairs, and also you pray that you’re going to by no means be in that state of affairs,” added McKeely Malas, who works in Wrigleyville.

It is a lingering concern for a lot of, as police say the criminals nonetheless at-large.

“That is not probably the most comfy feeling particularly being a resident on this space. Hopefully, the discover these people and arrest them,” Denton mentioned.

“Even simply strolling round on my own now, I’m should be extra vigilant,” Malas mentioned.

Nobody is in custody and Space Three Detectives are investigating. Anybody with data is requested to name police.