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Robbery reported outside the 79th Street Red Line main entrance; male victim with facial injury, offender detained wearing a red pattern jacket and dreads, ran southbound on Lafayette.Chicago IL

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audio iconRobbery
87th Street Red Line Station, Chicago, IL 60619

According to the dispatch call, robbery reported outside the 79th Street Red Line main entrance; male victim with facial injury, offender detained wearing a red pattern jacket and dreads, ran southbound on Lafayette.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
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01:34
Transcript:
00:00
For the unit, 76 getting a robbery just occurred, 79th Street Red Line outside the main entrance.
00:04
Collar said there was a robbery that just occurred, fires rolling, a male victim has an injury to the face, claiming the offender is still unseen but no description,
00:13
called in by the canine unit.
00:26
The robbery is the Red Line 79th Street.
00:28
This actually occurred on the street level, so we need to respond to this.
00:31
They have a male detained.
00:33
K-9 unit has a male detained, male black, red jacket, and dreads.
00:37
The victim needs EMS.
00:39
I don't know what was taken.
00:40
That's the rest we have.
00:42
6-24.
00:44
24, go ahead.
00:47
So for 21's job, the offender is a male worn with threads.
00:51
He's got a red pattern jacket on and a brown hoodie.
00:56
He ran southbound on Lafayette from this spot.
01:06
442. All right, 10-4-442, go ahead.
01:15
4.42, you coming in?
01:18
42. Can we get EMS this location, please? I'm in the hall transfer.
01:22
Yeah, it's time for.
01:23
471, I see you over there as well.
01:25
All right, so for the robbery that occurred, 79th Street Red Line, you're going to be looking for an M1 with strides, a red pattern jacket.
01:31
He ran southbound on in Lafayette from that location.
01:33
24, what did he take from the victim?

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87th Street Red Line Station, Chicago, IL 60619

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Incident Timeline

  1. Victim Transported to University of Chicago
  2. Robbery Confirmed as Strong-Arm Robbery
  3. Suspect Flees Southbound on Lafayette
  4. Robbery Occurs at 79th Street Red Line

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