Texas Delegate Robbed at Gunpoint While Attending the DNC in Chicago

A member of the Texas Democratic Delegation, in town for the party’s national convention, was robbed at gunpoint while walking in downtown Chicago on Wednesday morning.

The victim confirmed that he was walking with a friend when they were targeted around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of West Randolph. We are working to have a more detailed conversation with the man and are not identifying him by name because he is a crime victim.

As CWBChicago reported yesterday morning, a black Range Rover pulled up on the 100 block of West Randolph, and a gunman emerged to rob a 25-year-old man who was on the sidewalk near the Allegro Royal Sonesta Hotel Chicago, 171 West Randolph.

After getting that man’s wallet and room key, the robber crossed the street to rob a 37-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman, according to a CPD spokesperson. Those victims were the delegate and his friend. No injuries were reported.

Chicago police issued a community alert about the robbery team on Thursday morning, saying they were responsible for another robbery that occurred in the 200 block of West Randolph around the same time that the delegate and two other victims were robbed.

The pair is also suspected of robbing three people outside the Emily Hotel, 311 North Morgan, around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Once again, they traveled in a black Land Rover Discovery.

Two gunmen approached the West Loop victims, displayed guns, and demanded their property, according to the CPD spokesperson.

The victims, an 18-year-old woman and men ages 19 and 20, complied with the robbers’ demands.

According to CPD, the robbers also committed a robbery in the 200 block of West 23rd Place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday.

Police described the robbers as two Black males dressed in black and wearing ski masks. They stand 5’7″ to 5’9″ tall.

Detectives from Area One and Area Three are investigating the crimes.