A Univision Chicago TV news crew was robbed at gunpoint early Monday in West Town as they were reporting on a recent rash of armed robberies. The reporter and photographer were filming shortly before 5 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue when three men wearing ski masks exited two cars and approached them displaying firearms, according to the news outlet and Chicago police. The suspects demanded money from the two men, then went through their SUV and stole a camera, two bags containing equipment and a backpack belonging to the photographer, according to the station and Raza Siddiqui, president of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians Local 41.
That unbelievable development came as at least 30 people were robbed or carjacked during sprees between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning... It’s been more than a month since [Alderman] Daniel La Spata (1st) promised his constituents that police had a “concrete and collaborative plan” to address the relentless robbery crews that had been victimizing residents of his ward and neighboring areas. Robbery reports are up 22% this year, according to [the Chicago Police Department’s] latest statistics report.
Earlier: Damarrion Jakes, 14, was shot early Saturday morning in the 2700-block of West Van Buren. He died Monday at Stroger hospital. Jakes is the cousin of the Reverend Paul Jakes, Jr... While trying to cover a news conference called by Rev. Jakes Tuesday afternoon, one of ABC7’s photographers was assaulted and robbed in the 2800-block of West 5th Avenue. The station noted that its employee “suffered only minor scrapes.”
While Chicago police statistics show fewer murders this year than last year, such crimes are still up 26% compared with the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
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