CHICAGO - Elderly residents on the city’s Southwest Side have been targeted in recent weeks by burglars who trick them into exiting their homes in order to break into their homes and steal from them.

What we know:

In each incident, the offenders either created a situation to get the victims to leave their homes, like by telling them that their garage door had been hit; or tried to distract them by engaging in conversation; or waited for the victim to get out of their home when they took out the trash.

While the victim is distracted, other members of the group would enter their home and take items like guns, money, or other valuables, according to Chicago police.

Police provided a description of four offenders:

A Hispanic female standing around 5 feet tall, weighing about 120 pound

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