Three Venezuelan migrants are facing charges after allegedly robbing three women at gunpoint inside a Buena Park apartment building, according to Chicago police and court records.
Prosecutors said the women were returning from a night out in the Gold Coast when they reached the front door of their apartment building in the 700 block of West Gordon Terrace around 12:17 a.m. on November 22. They didn’t realize three males had followed them inside.
According to prosecutors, a juvenile in the group lifted his shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband and “shushed” the victims. Two of the women handed over their purses containing wallets and credit cards. The third woman wore her purse across her chest, and one of the robbers cut the strap from behind before the group ran off with all three bags.
All three women had their phones in their pockets, allowing them to call 911 immediately, a CPD report said. Officers searched the area and soon detained three males matching the suspects’ descriptions near Lake Shore Drive and Addison.
Prosecutors said Jose Dominguez-Rosario and Deus Rojas, both 18, and an unnamed juvenile were not carrying a gun or any of the stolen property. But all three victims identified them as the robbers, and police took the trio into custody.
A few hours later, an officer handling a traffic crash on Lake Shore Drive was approached by a citizen who had found a loaded 9mm handgun in the 3600 block of North Lake Shore Drive—just steps from where the suspects were arrested, prosecutors said.
Later that morning, another citizen found the victims’ purses in the 4100 block of North Marine Drive, about three blocks from the robbery scene.
Judge James Murphy III ordered both men held pending trial. Information about the juvenile remains unavailable because Illinois law shields juvenile records from public review. All three face three counts of armed robbery.