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Armed robbery and carjacking near West 79th street WalgreensChicago IL

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Near W 79th St, Chicago, IL 60620

An armed suspect robbed a Walgreens store near West 79th Street and then took a blue Saturn Vue by force from a woman. The suspect fled southbound on Racine Avenue. Authorities are investigating.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
03:22
Transcript:
00:00
621 units and 6-mell in the robbery just occurred at the Walgreens, near West 79 Street.
00:06
(Name withheld) says she was just carjacked of her blue Saturn Vue.
00:08
It's still coming in details to follow, 6 districts on the name.
00:13
Are you playing right now?
00:18
It's still coming in details to follow.
00:19
They're trying to get a play from the call-taker.
00:23
Okay.
00:29
104 or 6662 Charlie.
00:32
Also, it looks like he robbed the store as well.
00:36
104. The store is calling said he robbed the store as well and then stole the lady's black Saturn.
00:40
A fender was a male black wearing a black bubble vest with a blue shirt and he's led towards Ashland.
00:47
Blue center or black center?
00:51
The second caller said it was a blue Saturn, but the vehicle, yeah, it's a blue Saturn.
00:56
Blue Saturn view.
01:02
Any positive?
01:06
602 Sam.
01:10
602 Sam, I'm checking right now.
01:14
104.
01:19
Do you have to put that in for Xbox? Do you have to put that in for Robux?
01:24
6.62 out of 10.4.
01:26
For the unit's responding, the driver is trying to get the plate number now, but the call takers having trouble with her getting the plate.
01:32
And 602, Sam's checking the pods.
01:40
Units in Fort on the citywide one ticket to shots fired, 88 in Escanava.
01:43
8.8 in Escanada.
01:44
Anonymous caller heard six shots coming from the halle, nothing further.
01:47
Fortisich, Sonny.
01:50
4-6-2, you can put it on my box.
01:53
463 104. Another unit arrive with 4638 in Escanava.
01:58
46-2-104.
02:02
4-6-2-104.
02:05
424, can you have that wave one? 420, 104.
02:09
420, 104.
02:12
602, Sam.
02:14
602, go ahead.
02:17
Was that sad or supposed to be a SUV?
02:20
Yeah,
02:22
I think that views are like small SUVs.
02:27
At 20-50 hours, there's a blue Saturn SUV.
02:31
Looks like a Saturn View.
02:33
I want to go southbound and racing from 79 as it exists to Walgreens.
02:37
All right, 10 for that blue Saturn View possibly went southbound on racing after they exit to Walgreens over there at 7-9 in Racing.
02:45
621, I got you pulling up.
02:53
462. Boy, can be very much on a fire on a box.
02:57
460, boy, 104.
02:59
3-1, show the scoring to the shot site.
03:03
10-4[1].
03:06
6-0-2-2-Sam.
03:08
0-2, Sam, go ahead.
03:11
It's going to be the same time.
03:12
At 20-50 hours, that Blue Saturn goes westbound from 81st in Racine.
03:16
All right, Blue Saturn lasting westbound from 8-1 in Racine.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).

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