Woman in Austin hit in the head and robbed by someone she knew

CHICAGO - A woman in the Austin neighborhood was reportedly hit in the head, robbed of personal belongings, and hospitalized early this morning and, according to police, she knew the attacker.

It's been a day of bizarre crime stories here in Chicago but this incident happened shortly after 2:00 a.m. this morning on the 5100 block of W. Kinzie in the Austin neighborhood on the city's west side.^[1]

Police said a 37-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk on the above block when an offender grabbed her cell phone and hit her in the head causing her to fall to the ground. The injury was serious enough that the victim was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park where she was reported to be in stable condition.

There is no one in custody and Area Detectives are investigating but the interesting part about this story is that the victim told police she knew the attacker.

The attacker has not been identified nor have police given a description of whom they may be looking for.

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