{
  "id": "2025-02-25-loyola-chicago-rogers-park-robbery-carjacking",
  "slug": "loyola-chicago-rogers-park-robbery-carjacking-2025-02-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Loyola University Chicago",
    "shortName": "Loyola Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Loyola Crime Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-25",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Robbery, February 25, 2025",
    "summary": "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](https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/gunmen-rob-loyola-student-carjack-driver-nearby.html), the gunmen took the student's backpack, wallet, and phone and fled in the stolen white Mercedes; [ABC7 Chicago](https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-police-investigating-carjackings-armed-robberies-loyola-university-campus-rogers-park/15958295/) reported the incidents were roughly 15 minutes apart and prompted alerts to students and residents.",
    "outcome": "No injuries were reported. The suspects fled in the stolen white Mercedes; no arrests had been made as police investigated.",
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Around 12:00 a.m. on February 26, 2025 (per official Crime Alert)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Dear Loyola Community,\n\n \n\nCampus Safety is writing to notify you of an armed robbery that occurred near the Lakeshore Campus around 12:00 a.m. on February 26, 2025.\n\n \n\nA student was walking off campus on the 6500 Block of North Glenwood Ave when three individuals got out of a car, approached him, and demanded his property. One of the offenders displayed a handgun. The student was not injured. \n\n \nIf anyone has information on the incident, please call Campus Safety at 773-508-SAFE (7233) or the Chicago Police Department at 911 or 312-744-8263. The Chicago Police Department also continues to investigate leads related to other recent violent incidents in the district, and any new updates will be posted to the 24th District Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) and CLEARMAP websites. Please also keep the following risk-reduction tips in mind:\n\nSafety Tips\n\n• If a person threatens you, follow any demands and run away as soon as it is safe to do so. Once in a safe place, immediately notify Campus Safety at 773-508-SAFE or the Chicago Police Department at 911.\n\n• Investigative follow-up will be dependent on the amount of detail a person can recall. It is important to remember as many identifying characteristics about the offender(s) as possible. This can include the license plate of any involved vehicle, physical characteristics of the person, their clothing, any weapons used, direction of flight, etc.\n\n• If you see something you believe to be suspicious, immediately contact Campus Safety or the Chicago Police Department.\n\nCampus Safety recognizes that survivors are not at fault for any crime. Students who are seeking resources related to acts of violence can contact the Wellness Center at 773-508-2530 or visit the Community Coalition on Gender-Based Violence website. Faculty and staff in need of resources are encouraged to utilize the University’s Employee Assistance Program.\n\nThe safety and well-being of the Loyola community is always of paramount importance and a top priority.\n\n \n\nSincerely,\n\nThomas K. Murray\nDirector of Campus Safety\nChief of Police\n\n \n\nLoyola University Chicago\n1032 W. Sheridan Rd.\nChicago, IL 60660 \n773.274.3000 · LUC.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://loyolachicago.us.newsweaver.com/p3iodgcsm2/7ij2qjouxyftdykciijgk2",
      "sourceDescription": "Loyola Campus Safety Crime Alert — Armed Robbery Feb 26 2025 (Newsweaver)",
      "annotations": [
        "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.",
        "Official alert addresses Glenwood Ave student armed robbery; does not include separate Sheridan Rd carjacking wording."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2184
    }
  ],
  "context": "Loyola's Lake Shore Campus sits in the residential Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's Far North Side, where the [Loyola Crime Alert](https://www.luc.edu/safety/alerts/) 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](https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/gunmen-rob-loyola-student-carjack-driver-nearby.html), was part of a [string of armed robberies near Loyola and DePaul](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/robberies-at-loyola-depaul-prompt-safety-concerns-among-college-students-across-chicago/3236090/) that prompted broad safety concerns among Chicago college students. [ABC7 Chicago](https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-police-investigating-carjackings-armed-robberies-loyola-university-campus-rogers-park/15958295/) reported police investigating the clustered Sheridan and Glenwood incidents, the kind of neighborhood-crime pattern that drives Loyola's expanded timely-warning practice.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Loyola Crime Alert — Armed Robbery Feb 26 2025",
      "url": "https://loyolachicago.us.newsweaver.com/p3iodgcsm2/7ij2qjouxyftdykciijgk2",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Gunmen rob Loyola student, carjack driver nearby - CWB Chicago",
      "url": "https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/gunmen-rob-loyola-student-carjack-driver-nearby.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police investigating carjackings, armed robberies near Loyola University Chicago campus in Rogers Park - ABC7 Chicago",
      "url": "https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-police-investigating-carjackings-armed-robberies-loyola-university-campus-rogers-park/15958295/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Robberies at Loyola, DePaul prompt safety concerns among college students across Chicago - NBC Chicago",
      "url": "https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/robberies-at-loyola-depaul-prompt-safety-concerns-among-college-students-across-chicago/3236090/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts - Loyola University Chicago",
      "url": "https://www.luc.edu/safety/alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "armed-robbery",
    "carjacking",
    "timely-warning",
    "illinois",
    "rogers-park",
    "off-campus",
    "gun"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}