Chicago police last week arrested two men, one of whom reportedly fired a handgun twice inside a restaurant in the 900 block of N. Halsted, apparently in retaliation for an argument the man had with someone a few days earlier.

The restaurant’s owner reportedly told police that on April 17 at just after midnight, two men entered the business. One of the men stated he was going to kill a man who he had an altercation with a few days earlier. The man allegedly pulled out a gun, pointed it at the person he was talking to and said he was going to shoot the man he had the argument with. The offender then fired two shots, one into a wall of the restaurant and one at a television inside the restaurant.

When police arrived, the victim pointed police to a white Acura SUV parked nearby, and said that the man who had the gun was waiting inside the vehicle. The Acura started to drive away, so police initiated a chase. Police eventually curbed the vehicle in the 1100 block of N. Orleans. Police placed the driver and two passengers under arrest, searched the vehicle and recovered a live .25-caliber bullet. Another police officer recovered a pistol near 900 N. Halsted.

Man struck on head, robbed

A man was walking west in the 100 block of W. Schiller on April 20 at 1:13 a.m. when he was struck in the back of the head with a blunt object and lost consciousness. When he came to, he was missing $11. The man drove himself to the hospital where he received 12 stitches for a laceration to his lip. Police had no leads.

Laptops stolen from office

A man returned to his office located in the 200 block of W. Ontario on April 19 at 9:20 a.m. and noticed his office door had been pried open. He surveyed the office and found his Macintosh laptop missing and a safe moved from a shelf to the floor. After a quick search of the other offices, the man found another laptop had been taken.

Laptop stolen from apartment

A woman returned to her home in the 2100 block of N. Bissell on April 17 at 8:30 a.m. and found her front door ajar. She walked in and found her roommate’s laptop computer missing.

Man robbed at gunpoint

A man was leaving a café located in the 1200 block of N. Clybourn on April 18 at 12:25 a.m. when another man approached him from behind and shoved a gun against his back. The offender said, “Give me everything in your pocket.” The victim, fearing for his life, handed the offender $60. The offender fled north on Clybourn.

Bike stolen

A man was looking out of the window of his residence in the 400 block of W. Belden on April 16 at 11:30 p.m. when he saw a man riding away on his neighbor’s purple mountain bike. He called his neighbor, who ran out and noticed her front door had been forced open.

Domestic dispute

A woman told police that she was sitting at a table with a man at a residence located in the 2300 block of N. Ashland on April 16 6:23 p.m. when the man became enraged, flipped over a low table, started swinging a knife and cut her right arm.

Man kidnapped and robbed

A man was walking in the 100 block of W. Chicago on April 15 at 6:23 p.m. when three men in a white Pontiac Grand Prix pulled up to ask for directions.

When the man got close to the car, one of the passengers pulled the man into the vehicle and drove away. After driving a few blocks, the offenders asked the victim if he had any credit cards or cash. The driver then used a hot object to burn through the victim’s pant leg, causing a quarter-sized blister on his shin. The offenders took the victim’s black nylon bag containing a HP Mini Notebook computer and some library books. They then pushed the victim out of the vehicle into an alley and sped away.

Runner robbed

A man was jogging in the 100 block of W. North on April 12 at 6:45 p.m. when he entered a tunnel near LaSalle Street, where another man punched him in the face. The victim fell to the pavement and the offender then pressed a lit cigarette to the victim’s cheek. The offender went through the victim’s pockets and removed $29 and an iPhone and fled. The victim made his way home and called police.

The summary contains information taken from the arrest records from the 18th District of the Chicago Police Department. Anyone named has only been charged with a crime. The cases have not yet been adjudicated.