UPDATE: Suspects apprehended on I-290 near Mannheim Road. See The Cardinal Armed Robbery Suspects from Palatine Street Robbery Caught on I-290 …
Palatine police responded about 1:45 PM Thursday to report of an armed robbery on the street in the 700 block of East Rand Grove Lane. A gray or chrome shotgun or long handgun was displayed.
Subject #1 was described as a male/black, very skinny, dark-skinned with braids about 24-years-old, wearing a black hoodie.
Subject #2 was described as a male/black, light-skinned with a medium build, 6’1” about 25 years old, wearing a gray cubs hat and gray hoodie.
The offender robbed the victim of U.S. cash.
Both offenders fled in a white minivan, possibly a Pontiac minivan, with firefighter license plates and headed toward Route 53. Palatine police are investigating.
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