Two robberies earlier this month in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood prompted police this week to issue a community alert in the area.
Both incidents happened within a few blocks of Wrigley Field. One happened at about 3:10 a.m. on April 5 on the 3600 block of North Racine Avenue. The other was a week later, at about 3:20 a.m. on the 3500 block of North Clark Street.
In both cases, the victims were approached by someone who either showed off or implied a handgun and demanded the victim withdraw money from a nearby ATM.
In the first incident, police described the robber as a black man between 20 and 30 years old. He stood about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed about 145 pounds. He had short black hair and was wearing a black beanie hat with a red stripe, police said. He and another man got away in a black car.
In the Clark Street robbery, police said the robber was a black man between 18 and 25 years old who stood about 6 feet tall and weighed about 160 pounds. He had short, black hair and was wearing a black sweatshirt with white stripes or lettering, and black jeans.
