Two Men Wanted In South Side Post Office Robbery

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Two men robbed a post office Wednesday in Canaryville on the South Side.

They entered the Stockyard Postal Station, 4101 S. Halsted St., at 11:22 a.m. and asked an employee for a $2 money order, according to Chicago police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

One of the men grabbed the entire booklet of blank money orders out of the employee’s hands and they both ran to a silver sedan outside, authorities said. The car was last seen heading east on 41st Street.

Postal inspectors released images of the suspects captured by surveillance cameras.