View Larger Map 1900 North Halsted Armed Robbery Scene.
An armed robber struck a 25-year-old woman with a bottle after she handed over her purse to two robbers in the Lincoln Park neighborhood about 1:55 a.m. Monday.
The woman was walking in the 1900 block of North Halsted when she was approached by a man and a woman. The male offender pulled out a handgun and demanded the female victim’s purse. After the victim handed over her purse, the female offender with the male offender struck her with a bottle.
Both offenders fled northbound on Halsted in a blue hatchback car. No further description of the suspects is available.
The female victim was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — listed in good condition.
No word from police whether this robbery is related to other robberies in the Lincoln Park neighborhood the past two months.
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