Diana Dejacimo is feeling 'hopeless' that the violence will be stopped after she was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight while walking her dog in Lincoln Park.
Diana Dejacimo recounts being robbed at gunpoint while walking her dog in Lincoln Park, Chicago, sounding the alarm on the city’s crime crisis.expressed frustration Friday over the city's crime crisis after the"terrifying" ordeal." on the robbery and her recovery after the North Side encounter was caught on surveillance video.
After parking her car in the neighborhood, Dejacimo decided to walk her dog when a car pulled up beside her. A man got out pointing a gun at her and demanding she give him her purse. "Clearly these guys were watching. He jumped out of the car, stuck the gun in my face, and he said, ‘Give me your purse.’ And I was so stunned. I didn't even react at first," Dejacimo told host Sandra Smith.
The suspect rifled through Dejamico's purse until he found the keys to her vehicle which was parked down the street. Dejamico explained he took the keys, threw the purse down and drove away with her car. Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago, speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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