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These 2 Women Pepper Sprayed, Robbed An Elderly Person Downtown, Police Say

The robbery happened in the 800 block of South Plymouth Court.

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Kelly Bauer

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CHICAGO — Police are looking for two women who they say pepper sprayed an elderly person during a Downtown robbery.

At 9:45 p.m. Aug. 15, the two people were robbing an elderly person in the 800 block of South Plymouth Court when they pepper sprayed the victim’s face, police said.

Police released images of the two women late Tuesday, but no further information was immediately available.

Anyone with information about the two was asked to call police at 312-745-4383.

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