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A family is speaking out after a woman, visiting from Wisconsin, was robbed at gunpoint in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood while walking her dog Wednesday morning.

Chicago police have issued an alert about a string of robberies and carjackings on the North Side, some of which took place just minutes apart from each other.

Chicago police are warning residents of a recent string of reported robberies in West Ridge, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

It’s been more than two weeks since James Suh came face to face with the armed robber inside his business, with the two minute-long confrontation caught on surveillance camera.

A Chicago business owner is sharing his story after fighting back against an armed robber in Portage Park earlier this month. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

A Chicago business owner is sharing his story after fighting back against an armed robber in Portage Park earlier this month.

The owner of a North side liquor store who came to the United States in search of the American dream was killed Monday night during an attempted robbery, and now family members are left searching for justice following the horrific crime.

A 35-year-old man fought off two would-be armed carjackers on Chicago’s North Side Wednesday evening, according to police.

This week on Chicago’s North Side, there have been several reports of victims thwarting attempted robberies and carjackings by fighting back.

The deadly stabbing, which police say took place just before 11 p.m. Tuesday night, occurred in the 100 block of West Van Buren Street, not far from the Chicago Board of Trade.

A large police presence scales an area in Aurora, as authorities investigate an armed robbery at a local business.

A bizarre car chase almost too hard to believe — except the whole thing was caught on camera — culminated in an armed robbery on the Upper East Side that earned thieves a hefty payday Saturday afternoon.

An attempted armed robbery at a South Side currency exchange was stopped by a retired Chicago police officer who was seriously wounded in a shootout with the suspects, authorities said.

An attempted armed robbery at a South Side currency exchange was stopped by a retired Chicago police officer who was seriously wounded in a shootout with the suspects, authorities said. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Authorities say at least two victims have come forward with similar accounts of a person following them home and then demanding their property.

A restaurant worker was shot and critically injured early Wednesday during an attempted armed robbery, police say.

Police did not say if the attacks were related.

Hours after Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said officers in the last two-and-a-half years have “recovered more guns than ever in the history of the Chicago Police Department,” a man was shot and wounded during an armed robbery near Chicago’s River North neighborhood.

The suspect, believed to be a man in all black clothing between 21. and 25 years old, attempted to swing the machete at the man, causing him to fall on the ground, police said.

Neighbors are on high alert after reports of more than two dozen armed robberies in recent weeks on Chicago’s North Side. One of the attacks was caught on surveillance video in the Uptown neighborhood.