West Loop comfort retailer robbed at gunpoint

A comfort retailer was robbed at gunpoint Friday within the West Loop. The male suspect pointed a handgun on the clerk and demanded that he open the register at 2:58 a.m. inside the shop within the 500 block of West Lake Street, in accordance with Chicago police. Police didn't specify which enterprise was robbed, however a 7-Eleven is positioned in that block at 567 W. Lake St. The suspect ran out of the shop with an unspecified amount of money and cigarettes, police mentioned. He received into the passenger facet of a white SUV, which drove off in an unknown route. The clerk was unable to see the SUV’s driver, police mentioned. No accidents had

Girl, 16, shot to dying outdoors Dolton comfort retailer

A teenage woman was shot and killed Tuesday outdoors a comfort retailer in south suburban Dolton. Akeira Foster, 16, was in a automobile outdoors the Moonlight Food Deli & Liquor retailer, 1203 E. 142nd Street, about 9 p.m. when she was shot, based on Andrew Holmes, a Dolton Village Trustee, and the Cook County health worker’s workplace. Foster was struck twice within the stomach and pronounced useless at a neighborhood hospital. Authorities consider {that a} male who had simply gotten into the automobile along with her was the meant goal, Holmes stated. After the capturing began, the male jumped into the backseat, obtained out and fled on foot whereas the shooter continued to fireplace into

Irish retailer grabs area on State Street

Primark, a trend retailer based mostly in Dublin, is taking on the previous Gap retailer at 35 N. State St., throughout the road from Macy’s. The lease of 45,000 sq. toes is the biggest alongside State Street since 2014, stated the Georgetown Co., which owns the three-story constructing. Georgetown stated the constructing will get a top-to-bottom reworking, however it declined to say when Primark will open. A supply described the retailer’s lease as long run however may add no particulars. Primark couldn't be reached. It could be Primark’s first location within the Midwest. It has 9 shops within the Northeast and opened its first U.S. location in 2015. Known as a “fast fashion” retailer that