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Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies

abcnews.go.com Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies

A Chicago television news crew has been robbed at gunpoint while they were reporting on a string of robberies

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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Where tf are they going to fence a news station camera??
- They can be broken down and sold for individual parts. I'm sure it will end up on Craigslist.
  
  I really don't know about that. It's a $20,000 camera probably, but there is a good chance the rig itself is likely 10 years old, so the lens is likely the only thing they could make a few hundred off of, but that isn't enough for a 3 man job.
  I suspect robbing a journalist and taking their camera is to make their name known. They probably ditched the camera pretty close to immediately.
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  They get sent overseas often times...and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit. There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.
  
  For anybody else who sees this as a code block:
  They get sent overseas often times...and Its a problem alot photogs face and happens quite a bit. There has been several in San francisco just like this, but news cams get stolen quit a bit at major events. Serial #s dont do shit when independent contractors will buy stolen cams at a discount.
  
  Out of curiosity, why did you format your comment as a code block?

I know this is serious but I laughed 🥸

I've heard of this happening before. Did the reporters notice if the thieves were wearing any symbols that would suggest they belonged to an ancient ninja clan called "The Foot?"

Real front-line reporting.
- I'm feeling like this has been done as a bit before...

I need to check if there's a "Not The Onion" forum.

Ironic
- Don't ya think.
  
  I reallyd o think

Peak Chicago

Oh how I miss my hometown 🤣

Well well well

~~Film at 11~~

That's why I only shoot with a Sony handycam.
- When I worked in news a few years ago, there were small and cheaper digital cameras which would do just as good a job as our huge ones, but the huge ones looked more 'professional' so we used those instead. And carrying them around sucks.

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