CHICAGO — Four men staged a violent robbery at a smoke shop in Lakeview and attacked a store employee.
According to police, the incident happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night on the 3400 block of North Halsted Street.
Four men entered the Halsted Smoke Shop and pepper-sprayed the 46-year-old clerk. The men then emptied the cash drawer and ran out.
The clerk was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition.
No arrests have been made.