In one incident, the teens battered a victim for refusing to give up his belongings.
Teenagers used electric scooters to carry out two armed robberies on Chicago's Northwest Side, police said.
Police said the robberies happened on Aug. 3 just before 5 p.m. and on Aug. 6 just before 8 p.m. in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood. The alleged robbers, a boy and a girl, appeared to be between 12 and 17 years old and were armed with a handgun, police said. In each robbery, the pair rode on lime green and white Lime brand electric scooters to approach the victims.
Police said the teens have taken a vehicle and work tools from their victims. In one incident, they battered a victim for refusing to give up his belongings. The teens were last seen wearing black ski masks, a blue hooded sweatshirt, a white hooded sweatshirt, black pants and white gym shoes.
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