More street vendors in Little Village have been targeted by armed robbers, and they are asking for more CPD police patrols to protect them.
Chicago street vendors fight for more protection after several robberies, assaults
Aguilar said four men armed with semi-automatic rifles pulled in a white four-door sedan, held a gun to her head and demanded her belongings. Chicago police said the incident happened just before 6:30 a.m. on West 26th Street and St. Louis Avenue.Members of the Little Village Community Council are now calling on more police officers to patrol the neighborhood between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m.
The group held a news conference and then went inside the 10th District Headquarters, hoping to meet with the commander.
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