Three charged in armed robbery that left 7-Eleven clerk wounded
Three men face felony charges in connection with an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Sycamore that left a clerk hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
Terrance Storey, 28, of Chicago; Tevin Woods, 26, of Chicago; and D. Angelo Bryant, 21, of Indianapolis, each were charged Tuesday with armed robbery, armed violence and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
The three were set to be taken to the DeKalb County jail Tuesday night and held until a bond hearing at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Additional charges may be filed as the investigation continues, Sycamore police said.
The trio also are suspected in an armed robbery of a Carol Stream gas station early Tuesday in which no one was injured, police said.
Police from roughly a half-dozen other departments are investigating whether the three men are connected to other robberies in the Chicago area, but authorities declined to say where.
The three men were taken into police custody after a single-vehicle crash early Tuesday near North Avenue and Willow Road in Elmhurst.
The men fled on foot when police arrived at the crash scene. Two of them were quickly captured. The third was taken into custody about 8:05 a.m. after police responded to a resident's 911 call about a suspicious person on the 100 block of East Lake Frontage Street and found the suspect hiding under a home's outdoor deck.
Woods and Storey are accused of committing the armed robbery at the 7-Eleven store about 11:15 p.m. Monday while Bryant waited outside, police said.
A struggle ensued, and the 45-year-old store clerk was shot twice in the lower body, police said. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the store.
The clerk was taken to Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb. He remained stable Tuesday, and he is expected to recover, Sycamore Deputy Chief Jim Winters said.
The three fled the store on the 400 block of West State Street in a white, small to mid-sized vehicle driven by Bryant, police said.
Sycamore police sent a radio broadcast with a vehicle description to surrounding law enforcement agencies. At 1:15 a.m., Sycamore police learned Elmhurst police had spotted a vehicle matching the description from the armed robbery and attempted to stop the vehicle. The crash occurred about 1:30 a.m.
Elmhurst police said they recovered a firearm from the crash scene.
Earlier Tuesday, authorities believe the men robbed a gas station at North and Gary avenues, Carol Stream Investigations Cmdr. Brian Cooper said. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the gas station, he said.