Robbers tied up employees in Peotone hold- up: police
Police are searching for three people who robbed a cellphone store at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon in far south suburban Peotone.
At 1: 06 p. m., the robbers walked into the Verizon Wireless store at 600 Governors Highway and one of the males pulled out a revolver, demanding cellphones and cash, according to Peotone police.
The robbers left the store with a large bag filled with cellphones and other merchandise after binding employees with duct tape and striking them several times in the face, police said.
A dark blue compact car involved in a “suspicious incident” Tuesday night at the same store may be related to Wednesday’s robbery, police said. That car was described as possibly being a Chevrolet Cobalt or Cruze.
Anyone with information should call Peotone police at ( 708) 258- 3003. Tom Schuba
3 shot in restaurant in Back of the Yards
Two men and a woman were shot Saturday afternoon inside a restaurant in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.
A 44- year- old man was on foot at 12: 25 p. m. in the 1100 block of West 51st Street when someone started shooting at him, according to Chicago Police. The man started to run away and the shooter chased him.
The man ran into a restaurant and the shooter followed him inside and opened fire again, police said. The man was struck in the left arm and foot.
Two other people inside the restaurant were also wounded by gunfire, police said. A 31- year- old woman was shot in the torso while a 39- year- old man was shot in the right leg.
All three victims were taken to Stroger Hospital, where the woman was listed in critical condition, police said. Both men were stabilized.
Police said the 44- year- old man is a documented gang member and the other two victims were not intended targets in the shooting.
Luke Wilusz
2 dead in shooting, crash
Two people found shot after a traffic crash on Saturday in west suburban Addison have died, police said.
About 1 p. m., officers responded to a report of shots fired and a traffic crash at Denise Court and Elizabeth Drive, according to Addison police.
Inside a vehicle, officers found 17- year- old Kevin Bustos- Garcia and Alberto Rios, 20, suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. Both men died.
Investigators think the two were targeted in the shooting, and do not believe there is a greater threat to the community, police said.
Anyone with information should call ( 630) 543- 3080.
Matthew Hendrickson
Feds close Guaranty Bank
MADISON, Wis. — Federal regulators have closed Milwaukee- based Guaranty Bank, saying the bank is significantly undercapitalized and has not come up with an acceptable way to shore up its finances.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., named as receiver, says the First- Citizens Bank & Trust Co., of Raleigh, North Carolina, will take over Guaranty’s deposits.
Guaranty Bank had 119 branches in five states. The FDIC says the branches in retail outlets will not reopen. But 12 brick- and- mortar locations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota will reopen as branches of First- Citizens.
The FDIC says customer deposits are safe, accessible and still protected by federal insurance. AP