A Univision News team based in Chicago was robbed on Monday morning after reporting on the city’s recent spike in armed robberies.
At 5:00 a.m., a reporter and photographer were filming at the 1200 block of North Milwaukee in West Town.
At the location, it was reported that three men in ski masks came out of two vehicles with firearms. They approached the television crew and demanded all of their money. The suspects stole a camera, two film equipment backs, and the photographer’s backpack.
None of the crew were injured during the robbery.
This isn’t the first time a Chicago news team has been involved in acts of crime. A similar incident occurred on August 5, where a photographer for ABC7 was robbed and assaulted while under assignment covering a news conference.
Another similar incident occurred last May when a Fox 32 news crew was doing a live video about gun violence.
At 5:00 a.m., a reporter and photographer were filming at the 1200 block of North Milwaukee in West Town.
At the location, it was reported that three men in ski masks came out of two vehicles with firearms. They approached the television crew and demanded all of their money. The suspects stole a camera, two film equipment backs, and the photographer’s backpack.
None of the crew were injured during the robbery.
This isn’t the first time a Chicago news team has been involved in acts of crime. A similar incident occurred on August 5, where a photographer for ABC7 was robbed and assaulted while under assignment covering a news conference.
Another similar incident occurred last May when a Fox 32 news crew was doing a live video about gun violence.
- 9/2/2023
- by Zach Ament
- Uinterview
Chicago police are searching for a man who appeared to point a gun at a local TV news crew during a live report on gun violence in the city.
Fox 32 Chicago was broadcasting live Wednesday shortly before 7 am in the city’s River North neighborhood when a man walked into view behind reporter Joanie Lum with what looked like a small handgun pointed at the camera, just inches from Lum’s head.
Lum was reporting a segment for Good Day Chicago on the rise of gun violence in the city, which had risen by 66 from 2019 to 2021, at the time. The man kept walking and then skipping down the street, still holding the presumed gun and eventually out of view.
Neither Lum nor her photographer were hurt.
Chicago police are calling the man a “person of interest” and have asked anyone with information to contact the department.
Tensions nationwide have been...
Fox 32 Chicago was broadcasting live Wednesday shortly before 7 am in the city’s River North neighborhood when a man walked into view behind reporter Joanie Lum with what looked like a small handgun pointed at the camera, just inches from Lum’s head.
Lum was reporting a segment for Good Day Chicago on the rise of gun violence in the city, which had risen by 66 from 2019 to 2021, at the time. The man kept walking and then skipping down the street, still holding the presumed gun and eventually out of view.
Neither Lum nor her photographer were hurt.
Chicago police are calling the man a “person of interest” and have asked anyone with information to contact the department.
Tensions nationwide have been...
- 5/27/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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