Crime & Safety
Police Searching for Armed Robbers After Sprint Store Incident
Tinley Park police are looking for three men responsible for a robbery where customers and staff were held up at gunpoint in mid-May, the details of which were recently released.
The Tinley Park Police Department is investigating a robbery that happened in May, where three men are accused of corralling customers and staff in the bathroom of a Sprint store at gunpoint before robbing the business.
The robbery happened on May 13 at the Sprint Store at 9512 W. 179th Street around 7:35 p.m., according to the Chicago Tribune. Details of the incident were only recently released.
Two men walked into the store, one of which with a gun in hand, and ordered three customers and two employees to face the wall, and to toss their cell phones to the ground, according to the Tribune. Shortly after, a fourth customer entered the store and also was ordered to face the wall and toss his phone, according to the report.
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The men then placed the employees and customers into the bathroom and left the store with cell phones and cash. Police believe a getaway driver in a silver Dodge Caravan or Chrysler Town & Country drove the robbers away.
The gunman was described as:
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- 5 feet 9 inches
- black
- 150 pounds
- wearing dark clothing and a red knit skull cap
The other suspect was described as:
- 5 feet 10 inches
- black
- 250 pounds
- wearing dark clothing and black Wolverine boots
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