Armored Car Guard Shot During Robbery by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
CALUMET CITY CA. Dec. 25,2007 Police expect an armored truck guard to be OK after he was hospitalized following an armed robbery Monday near J.C. Penney at Calumet City's River Oaks Center.
Calumet City police Capt. Dan Zorzi said gunshots were fired about 11:45 a.m. as the armored truck guard was leaving the store, near 159th Street and Torrence Avenue.The victim suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields, where he was in good condition Monday afternoon, Zorzi said.
The suspect is described as a black male, about 5-foot-11 with a medium build, and wearing a white T-shirt, a blue sweat shirt and his hair in braids. He last was seen fleeing westbound from the mall, police said.He made off with an undetermined amount of money, Zorzi said.
The shooting comes more than a year after a similar robbery.In August 2006, an armored truck guard suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, when in broad daylight and in front of several witnesses, a gunman approached the victim, shot him in the neck and robbed him of a green canvas bag filled with money.
In July, two out-of-towners were shot and injured after they met two other out-of-towners in the mall parking lot to buy marijuana, police said.Corey Fondren, 18, of 9152 S. Eggleston Ave., Chicago, and Treon West, 22, of South Holland, are charged in connection with that incident.
Anyone with information on Monday's incident is asked to call the Calumet City Police Department at (708) 868-2500 or the department's anonymous tip line at (708) 891-STOP.
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