Masked men with guns burglarize gas station in Chicago, Chicago IL
WeaponsMultiple masked males armed with guns broke into a gas station near West Madison St in Chicago. They disabled security cameras, stole items from the store, and triggered a front door alarm tamper. Police observed four males in the nearby alley.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
02:41
Transcript:
00:00
Males,
00:02
stealing items, they have masks on, they have guns.
00:05
Two to three of them.
00:11
Oh, that's a better description?
00:15
No. 2 to 3 males with masks armed with guns broke into the store.
00:21
We're going to call in, see if he has anything more, but they disabled to took down his camera, that sounds like, so I don't think he's going to.
00:33
We've got 4 males in the alley.
00:37
1533, 4 males in the alley, 10.4.
00:44
Austin 32.
00:49
1532.
00:51
Just real,
00:52
we got key holders coming around, correct?
00:56
Yeah, he said he was in route. We're trying to call him.
00:58
He's not answering for us, but he did say he was on his way, but he's out of the city.
01:05
Austin 13, we've got him on the phone right now.
01:08
That'd be why he's not answering for us. Okay.
01:16
Is there any pods over there that might have seen any of this?
01:21
1502 Sam.
01:26
1502 Sam, that's a negative. It's too far away. All right, 104. And we are getting an alarm now from Alert Protective, Front Door Sensor tamper.
01:43
Sorry, one of the alarms are actually open right now.
01:48
We don't have a better description of these individuals, but if they have security type equipment on them, that's probably them.
01:58
All right, so 1513 is advising that the key holder said he does not have any better description of the individuals, but if they have security type equipment on them, that's probably them.
02:08
Austin 55, we repeat the call.
02:14
1555, the original call came in as a burglary in progress[1]. It got upgraded to a person with a gun[2], 4,900 West Madison.
02:21
Caller, who was watching on camera, said people broke into the gas station.
02:25
Two to three males with masks on inside the store. They had guns. They were stealing items from the corner store, and the offenders took off the cameras, the callers en route to the store.
02:33
Then we got a second call from the alarm company while you guys were on scene that the front door sensor tamper was activated.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
burglary in progress: Active burglary occurring (attempted break-in reported)
[2]
person with a gun: Report of a person observed or suspected to be armed with a firearm.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644
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