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2 Women Walking On Mag Mile Robbed At Gunpoint, Police Say

The robbery happened early Thursday in the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue.

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DOWNTOWN — Two women were robbed at gunpoint early Thursday on the Mag Mile in the Near North Side.

At 2:20 a.m., the women, 31 and 32 years old, were walking in the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue when a woman walked up to them, took out a gun and robbed them, police said.

The women handed over their belongings and the robber got into a dark green Chrysler 300M being driven by a man, police said. They drove north on Michigan Avenue and then east on Ohio Street.

The women were not injured. No one was in custody and an investigation was ongoing.

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