Question left in comment section: Anyone know what was going on on Western Ave last night around 6:00 PM in Beverly last night? There marked & unmarked cars & paddy wagons running up and down the streets like crazy.There was even a chopper out.I don't see it anywhere this AM on the news

Armed Black Robber Demands $1,000 in West Beverly, So White Victim Writes Check: Chicago Police

WEST BEVERLY — A colored man armed with a gun demanded $1,000 from a man on a West Beverly street Wednesday evening — and the white victim complied by writing him a check, police said.

The robber was captured a short time later, police said.

The victim was outside in the 10300 block of South Artesian Avenue at 5:30 p.m. when the robber walked up to him with the gun and demanded the money, police said. He ran off after getting the check, police said.

Charges are pending, police said.