Chicago: Armed robbery sprees reported on South, Southwest sides

Police are investigating two strings of armed robberies on the Southwest and South sides, one of which included 10 armed robberies within 45 minutes.

The 10 robberies were reported between about 6:15 a.m. and 7 a.m. Saturday in the Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park and Lower West Side neighborhoods, Chicago police said.

Friday evening, six armed robberies were reported on the South Side. Five of them happened between 8 p.m. and 8:35 p.m., while the other was about 4:30 p.m., according to police.

It wasn’t clear if the sprees were connected.

In Saturday’s hold-ups, three or four male suspects approached people at gunpoint and stole their belongings before fleeing in a white four-door sedan, police said.

The suspects were described by police as males wearing black clothes and ski masks. They were armed with a black handgun or rifle, police said.