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Man Held Up At Gunpoint By Group Of Robbers In West Town, Police Say

No one was injured in the early Tuesday robbery in the 2200 block of West Ohio Street, police said.

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CHICAGO — A man was held up by a group of armed robbers early Tuesday in West Town, police said.

At 4:33 a.m. Tuesday, the man was walking on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of West Ohio Street when four to five men walked up to him and said they were robbing him, police said. One of the men had a gun and he took the victim’s cellphone, wallet and car keys.

The group of robbers got into the man’s car, a 2014 Toyota Camry, and drove away, police said.

No one was injured.

No one was in custody and an investigation was ongoing.

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