One sufferer, who requested to stay nameless, mentioned he encountered the suspect on the night time of Memorial Day within the 2800-block of North Francisco Avenue. He mentioned a person in a darkish hoodie charged at him with a machete after which stood over him as he fell.

“I felt wind from a machete swing on my face. He mentioned, ‘I will chop you into items. I will kill you. Give me your money. Give me your pockets, or I will kill you. Like, give me all of your cash,’” the sufferer recalled.

He mentioned he did not have his pockets and pleaded along with his attacker, who patted him down, took his cellphone after which fled in a silver or grey sedan.

“It was nuts. It was scary,” he mentioned. “I assumed I used to be going to die for certain.”

In the newest incident, a 52-year-old man strolling on the sidewalk within the 3700-block of North Troy Avenue at about 9 p.m. Sunday night time, police mentioned.

The sufferer’s spouse, who requested to not be recognized, mentioned her husband was on his manner house and carrying a field of pizza when the suspect approached and demanded his property.

She mentioned her husband first thought he may overpower the suspect, who he described as having a small construct, till he noticed the large knife.

“It was very scary as a result of he instructed me, ‘I consider my daughter as a result of she’s little,’” she mentioned.

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The suspect tried to strike the sufferer with the machete, which brought about the sufferer to fall to the bottom, police mentioned.

She mentioned her husband ducked the suspect’s swing and fell.

“When he fell, the man tried once more with the machete, and he dropped the pockets as a result of the man mentioned, ‘gimme your cash, gimme your cash, gimme your cash,’” she mentioned.

The sufferer then threw his pockets into the road to distract the suspect and ran from the scene, police mentioned.

Within the pockets was cash her husband had been saving as much as pay for his younger daughter’s birthday presents.

She additionally mentioned the suspect might have had an confederate as a result of he grabbed her husband’s pockets and jumped into the passenger seat of a silver automotive, which sped off.

Police haven’t mentioned if the theft is said to different robberies involving a machete. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown mentioned the widespread weapon is sufficient for police to consider they’re doubtless associated.

“We’re expending all of our assets to seize this particular person as quickly as potential. Clearly, we’re involved like each resident is that this violent particular person is utilizing a weapon like a machete,” Brown mentioned.

The opposite robberies occurred within the:

-3000-block of North Christiana Avenue on Might 27 at 7:58 p.m.
-3200-block of North Monticello Avenue on Might 30 at 11:45 p.m.
-4100-block of West Fletcher Avenue between Might 30 at 11:45 p.m. and Might 31 at 12:10 a.m.
-3300-block of North Monticello Avenue on June 3 at 9 p.m.
-4000-block of West Eddy Avenue on June 3 between 9 and 9:15 p.m.