“We are committed to making sure that their safety comes first. We have talked to the photographer who was robbed today and he is thankfully safe and in good spirits”

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

By News on the Net -- Chicago Tribune —— Bio and Archives August 31, 2023

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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...

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