Neighbors in a southern portion of Chicago's Lake View neighborhood are concerned about a spike in violent crime and say they want to see something done about it.
Police confirm the crimes, from gunpoint muggings to break-ins.
Brittany Morgan said someone broke into her building near Wolfram Street and Greenview Avenue Sunday.
“They put a chair from our backyard up against [the] windows and climbed in through the kitchen,” she said.
About 12 hours before the break-in, the father of a neighbor was robbed at gunpoint a few blocks west.
Last Tuesday, police say, a woman was also mugged at gunpoint on the 1100 block of West George Street losing her keys and purse.
Resident Nikki Little called the recent crime “very disconcerting.”
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On Aug. 20 several Subway employees were robbed at gunpoint at 2 p.m. and earlier in the month a man was shot in the neck while walking near Belmont Avenue and Racine Street.
“You expect a little crime in the city,” Little said. “But the fact that it’s happening in the middle of the day, and so often, with no real police response, it’s very alarming.”
