A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.

Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5 a.m. Monday in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items.

“They were approached with guns and robbed. Mainly it was personal items, and they took a camera,” Luis Godinez, vice president of news at Univision Chicago, told the Chicago Tribune.

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    1 year ago

    My guess is they don’t actually know what the items were worth, but they looked as if they were worth the almost-zero risk of robbing them.

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      1 year ago

      Generally journalists are considered off limits by most. Most people have more to lose by fucking with them than they have to gain.

      Which is why I think it likely these were people wanting a street reputation as fearless.