Man shot during robbery of armored car at Brighton Park bank
Dec 23, 2025
A man was shot and wounded during an armored car robbery outside a Brighton Park bank Tuesday morning, authorities said. The man was making a cash delivery at the bank in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue when he was shot and the armored car was robbed, according to police scanner audio.Chicago
police said a 49-year-old man was outside a business around 10 a.m. in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue when he was shot twice in the legs by an unknown person. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said in a statement.The shooter fled the scene in a silver car and no one has been arrested, according to police. The FBI said in a statement an armored car robbery occurred in the same location. But neither agency would say if an employee of the armored car was targeted.Additional details were not immediately released.
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