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An Armed Robbery at the Campus-Center 7-Eleven in Bronzeville

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On Thursday, December 8, 2022, an armed robbery was reported at the 7-Eleven inside the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at 3201 S. State Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies campus in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. According to the IIT Department of Public Safety crime/incident report, the suspects fled before Public Safety arrived, and the Chicago Police Department was notified.

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IIT Public Safety: An armed robbery was reported at the 7-Eleven located in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201 S. State Street. The suspects fled the area prior to the arrival of Department of Public Safety officers. The Chicago Police Department was notified. Anyone with information should contact Public Safety at 312-808-6363.

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

The McCormick Tribune Campus Center at 3201 S. State Street is the architectural heart of Illinois Tech's Mies campus, so a robbery at its 7-Eleven sits at the boundary between an on-campus building and the surrounding Bronzeville/State Street corridor.
Illinois Tech logs incidents like this in a public daily crime/incident report blog in addition to the IIT Alert emergency system, giving the community a standing record of off- and near-campus crime.
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Background

The Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies campus runs along State Street in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, where the IIT Department of Public Safety documents incidents and operates the IIT Alert notification system. This December 8, 2022 armed robbery at the 7-Eleven in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center was recorded in the department's daily crime/incident report blog, the public log Illinois Tech maintains alongside its emergency alerts and Clery reporting. The State Street corridor that bisects campus is shared public space, which makes near-campus commercial robberies a recurring concern for the urban university's safety messaging.
Outcome
The suspects fled before Department of Public Safety officers arrived; CPD was notified and the incident was documented in the department's daily crime/incident report.
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Sources

  1. Official
    Department of Public Safety Crime/Incident Report for Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Illinois Tech
    blogs.iit.edu
  2. Official
    Public Safety - Illinois Institute of Technology
    iit.edu
  3. Official
    Campus Security (Clery) and Fire Safety Report - Illinois Institute of Technology
    iit.edu
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