Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while filming a story on robberies in West Town

A Chicago TV news crew reporting on a string of robberies in the city’s West Town community became the story themselves when they were robbed at gunpoint early Monday.

A reporter and photographer for Spanish-language TV station Univision Chicago were filming just before 5 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee Avenue when three men wearing ski masks and brandishing firearms robbed them at gunpoint, according to the station. ---More...