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Robber fractures skull of 7-Eleven clerk with gardening tool in West Loop robbery: police
1/8/20
CHICAGO - A man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly beating the head of a 7-Eleven store clerk with a gardening tool and stealing two bottles of alcohol early Tuesday in the West Loop, authorities say.
Ricky Norman, 51, allegedly went directly to the store’s clerk and began beating him “nonstop” with the tool, a Chicago police spokesperson said.
Norman allegedly grabbed a couple bottles of alcohol and ran away, leaving the 29-year-old clerk with fractures to his face and skull, police said. He was hospitalized in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Robber fractures skull of 7-Eleven clerk with gardening tool in West Loop robbery: police
1/8/20
CHICAGO - A man is charged with attempted murder after allegedly beating the head of a 7-Eleven store clerk with a gardening tool and stealing two bottles of alcohol early Tuesday in the West Loop, authorities say.
Ricky Norman, 51, allegedly went directly to the store’s clerk and began beating him “nonstop” with the tool, a Chicago police spokesperson said.
Norman allegedly grabbed a couple bottles of alcohol and ran away, leaving the 29-year-old clerk with fractures to his face and skull, police said. He was hospitalized in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.