Crime & Safety
Second Skokie Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint
It was the second armed robbery of a Skokie gas station in four days.
A second armed robbery of a gas station in Skokie has occurred four days after an Oct. 21 armed robbery of a gas station.
A Skokie police report says that on Oct. 25th (Friday) at 10:17 p.m. at a Marathon gas station at 8001 Skokie Boulevard, an unknown male black subject wearing a dark colored jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers entered the store and pointed a handgun at the clerk. The offender demanded money from the register. The clerk was unable to open the register and the offender fled the store without any money. The offender was last seen northbound in the east alley of Skokie Blvd.
Earlier: Robbers Take $300 At Gunpoint From Gas Station in Skokie
The Oct. 21 robbery took place at a Shell gas station in the 9600 block of Crawford.
Like Skokie Patch on Facebook and sign up to receive Skokie news in a free daily email from PatchFind out what's happening in Skokiewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here
