TV news crew reporting on Chicago robberies robbed at gunpoint

Univision journalists on assignment in West Town robbed at 5am by three masked men, who took TV camera and personal items

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.

The Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5am Monday in the city's West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items.