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A White Mercedes, a Carjacking, and a Loyola Student Robbed Minutes Later

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Late on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, a crew of armed men carjacked a couple in the 6300 block of North Sheridan Road and, about 25 minutes later, robbed a Loyola University Chicago student at gunpoint in the 6500 block of North Glenwood Avenue in Rogers Park. According to CWB Chicago, the gunmen took the student's backpack, wallet, and phone and fled in the stolen white Mercedes; ABC7 Chicago reported the incidents were roughly 15 minutes apart and prompted alerts to students and residents.

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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Loyola Crime Alert: Campus Safety is advising the community of two armed incidents in Rogers Park. A vehicle was taken at gunpoint in the 6300 block of N. Sheridan Rd., and approximately 25 minutes later a Loyola student was robbed at gunpoint by three males in the 6500 block of N. Glenwood Ave. who took the student's backpack, wallet, and phone. The offenders fled in a white Mercedes. Be aware of your surroundings and report suspicious activity to Campus Safety at 773-508-6039.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Loyola limits Crime Alerts to its Clery geography but has expanded that geography to include gun or sex crimes against Loyola students within Campus Safety's patrol boundaries, which is why a robbery of a student off-campus on Glenwood Avenue qualified.
The white Mercedes ties the two incidents together: it was carjacked on Sheridan Road and then used as the getaway vehicle in the Glenwood robbery 25 minutes later, making this a single connected crime series rather than two isolated events.
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Background

Loyola's Lake Shore Campus sits in the residential Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's Far North Side, where the Loyola Crime Alert system issues timely warnings for serious threats within Campus Safety's patrol boundaries. This February 25, 2025 carjacking-and-robbery series, in which gunmen robbed a Loyola student and carjacked a driver nearby, was part of a string of armed robberies near Loyola and DePaul that prompted broad safety concerns among Chicago college students. ABC7 Chicago reported police investigating the clustered Sheridan and Glenwood incidents, the kind of neighborhood-crime pattern that drives Loyola's expanded timely-warning practice.
Outcome
No injuries were reported. The suspects fled in the stolen white Mercedes; no arrests had been made as police investigated.
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