{"id":504325,"date":"2026-01-09T18:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504325\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:36:12","slug":"chicago-armored-vehicle-robbery-fbi-offers-10k-reward-releases-photos-of-suspect-after-guard-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504325\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago armored vehicle robbery: FBI offers $10K reward, releases photos of suspect after guard shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0ekcnx66pfw07mrk.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago armored vehicle robbery: FBI offers $10K reward, releases photos of suspect after guard shot\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; Federal investigators are offering a $10,000 reward and sharing photos of a suspect accused of shooting a security guard during an armored vehicle robbery outside a Southwest Side bank last month.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The shooting happened on Dec. 23, 2025, outside the Chase Bank at 4363 S. Archer Ave. in the Brighton Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Authorities say the incident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. as an armored vehicle was at the bank. A 49-year-old security guard was shot twice, once in each thigh, during the robbery.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The man was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The FBI says the suspect made a verbal demand for money and showed a handgun, which he then fired during the encounter. The suspect escaped in a bronze Hyundai Elantra sedan with tinted windows.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Investigators describe the suspect as a Black man with a slim or athletic build. At the time, he was wearing a dark puffer jacket, a dark balaclava-style face covering, dark sunglasses, dark pants and dark athletic shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect in armored vehicle robbery | FBI <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The FBI has released photos of the suspect and is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">It remains unclear whether any money was taken during the robbery.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The FBI is asking anyone with information to call 312-421-6700 or submit tips, including anonymous ones, at <a href=\"https:\/\/tips.fbi.gov\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tips.fbi.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>The video at the top of this story is dated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from FBI Chicago, the Chicago Police Department, and previous FOX Chicago reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/brighton-park\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; Federal investigators are offering a $10,000 reward and sharing photos of a suspect accused of shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":504326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[42281,960,5404,6082,5386,1818,50,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-504325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-brighton-park","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-cook-county","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115866591987906731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}