Two Walgreens staffers are being credited with stopping a man armed with a loaded gun who was trying to rob the store late Friday in the West Town community.
Police said the suspect, Benjamin H. Strong, 21, of the 3700 block of North Narragansett Avenue in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood, has been charged with attempted armed robbery with a firearm.
Bail was set at $275,000 for Strong who appeared in bond court today. In court, officials said Strong has a three month old son and lives with his girlfriend and his mother.
The incident happened late Friday night as the Walgreens, in the 2400 block of West North Avenue, was closing.
The first responding officers saw one of the victims, a male staffer who had been pistol-whipped by Strong, standing outside the store’s doors with blood “streaming from his face,’’ according to a police report, which stated the worker yelled at police: “He’s robbing us with a gun, he’s still inside.’’
Inside, officers found the store manager “on top’’ of Strong, who officers took into custody at 12:17 a.m. Saturday. A 9 mm handgun loaded with two live rounds was recovered.
The bloodied staffer told officers that Strong entered the store through a storage or employee room door and hit him in the head with the gun and demanded that he open the door to the manager’s office.
Strong announced a robbery as he pointed the loaded gun at a manager who was inside the office but the two staffers began struggling with Strong.
Once the manager got the best of Strong, the other worker was able to call 911 and leave the store to get help.
Police learned a third staffer who saw the entire incident was inside the storage area, hiding.
The injured staffer, who suffered a two to three inch cut to his forehead, was released from Norwegian-American Hospital after he received five stitches
6 comments:
Hes going to get rich robbing Walgreens , HAA, blacks where I live rob the Dollar general HAA
Dumbass barney fife thug robber. Two bullets gets you pistol whipped. All Pow and no Bang! Bang!
There are no jobs for real Americans to many illegals in US.
There are black mobs killing people where I live , no one is safe.
As a white since liberals are into color of skin I hope this young man learns from this, and goes to school. And hell be fine..Hell be a strong man, you'll see lots to learn when your a kid, Don't look like a bad kid..Pray he will change , God Bless the family also.
As a white I say hell grow into a good man. Everyone has done bad things in there life . I stole once , and I turned out good. Don't steal or kill. Or be racist. Growing up is hard.
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