Robber with handgun steals wallet at Schaumburg park

Schaumburg police are looking for a gunman who jumped out of the bushes in Savannah Trace Park about 8:40 p, m. Friday and robbed a man of his wallet.

Schaumburg police Lt. Dawn McDermott said the victim was walking home along the 1400 block of Mercury Drive alongside the park when the robber pulled out a black semiautomatic handgun and demanded his wallet.

The victim, in his late 30s, handed over his wallet, which contained more than $200 in cash. The gunman then slapped the victim across the face and ran south, McDermott said. The victim declined medical treatment.

Police responded with a dog, but could not locate the robber.

The gunman is described as a muscular, 6-foot-tall black man, about 30 years old, with a clean-shaven face and a scratchy voice. He was wearing a black baseball cap, red shirt and possibly blue jeans.

Schaumburg police are asking anyone who was in the area or has information about this crime to call (847) 882-3586.