3 thieves rob Family Dollar at gunpoint in Auburn Gresham, Chicago police say

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Friday, January 3, 2025 5:29PM

3 thieves rob Family Dollar at gunpoint on South Side: Chicago police

Three Auburn Gresham, Chicago robbery suspects stole merchandise from the Family Dollar store at 80th and Halsted on Thursday night, police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Family Dollar store on the city’s South Side on Thursday night.

Police said the robbery happened at 80th and Halsted in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood just after 8:30 p.m.

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Three males went into the store, and one of them pulled a gun on a 44-year-old woman, police said.

The suspects took off with merchandise, fleeing on foot southbound. No one was hurt.

No one is in custody and Area Two detectives are investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information.

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