(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago police are warning construction workers to beware of armed robbers on the South Side.
Between April 17 and May 10, Chicago police said armed robbers held-up construction workers doing jobs in apartment buildings in the South Shore and Woodlawn neighborhoods.
It’s happened in at least five locations. The mask-wearing criminals would show a gun, demand the workers’ property and then hit the workers’ in the head with a gun before leaving.
Police advise people to report any suspicious activity and if confronted remain calm and try to remember identifying information, but never chase the person and call 911.
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