DES PLAINES, Ill. — An investigation is underway after two people were robbed at gunpoint outside of a northwest suburban casino after one of them tried to stop a group of thieves from stealing his car.
According to police, the incident unfolded just before 2 a.m. on Monday outside of Rivers Casino, located in the 3000 block of South River Road in Des Plaines.
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Officers said they responded to the scene after a 38-year-old woman called police to report that four armed individuals had attempted to steal her car outside the casino.
Following a preliminary investigation, police said it is believed that the woman, her husband and two of their friends were leaving the casino and walking to her car, a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee, when she spotted a masked individual inside her vehicle.
The woman told police that she had also seen three other individuals, all described as males wearing full-face coverings. One of them was standing in front of the vehicle holding a gun, while two others sat in a silver Volvo parked nearby.