FBI, Police Investigate Attempted Armored Truck Robbery in Blue Island

Armored truck attempted robbery sparks large police response outside south suburban bank: official

FBI and police responded after an attempted robbery of an armored truck outside a US Bank on Western Avenue in Blue Island, a city official said.

Shots fired at Blue Island bank during attempted heist; 'I dropped to the ground,' witness says

Shots rang out Wednesday morning at a Blue Island bank, during an attempted heist witnessed by a customer Wednesday morning in south suburban Blue Island. About 9:45 a.m., a person tried robbing an armored truck parked outside the U.S. Bank at 11960 S. Western Ave., a city official of Blue Island said.A witness told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was inside the bank when he heard a security guard shout at them to drop to the ground.“I dropped to …

FBI, police investigate attempted armored truck robbery in Blue Island

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — An investigation is underway on Wednesday afternoon after an attempted armored truck robbery in Blue Island. An official from the FBI's Chicago Field Office confirmed on Wednesday that local authorities and FBI agents responded to the incident outside of a US Bank, near the intersection of West 119th Street and Western [...]

Attempted robbery of armored truck at south suburban bank leads to large FBI, police response

An attempted robbery of an armored truck outside of a US Bank branch in a south suburb Wednesday morning led to a large police and FBI response, with multiple police vehicles and officers at the scene as an investigation continued. The attempted robbery happened about 9:45 a.m. outside of the US Bank branch at 11960 S. Western Ave. in Blue Island, Blue Island police said in a statement. The statement added that the FBI was leading the investigat…

FBI investigating attempted robbery in Blue Island

The FBI is leading the investigation into an attempted robbery of an armored truck in Blue Island.