CALUMET CITY (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Police have a person of interest regarding Wednesday afternoon’s robbery and fatal shooting of a security guard at the River Oaks Mall.
According to Calumet City police, the suspect is being questioned by detectives.
57-year-old Norman Thomas was guarding a jewelry store inside the mall at just about noon, when the armed suspects entered, broke glass display counters, and then started shooting.
The robbers then quickly fled the scene with an unknown amount of merchandise.
Thomas was hit and was rushed to an area hospital, where he eventually died.
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