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  "path": "/crime/2026/05/01/man-accused-of-robbing-dollar-store-with-alphanso-talley-before-swedish-hospital-shooting",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T15:28:52.264Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A Maywood man was charged with allegedly robbing a dollar store with Alphanso Talley shortly before the Swedish Hospital shooting that killed Chicago police officer John Bartholomew and left another cop critically wounded. </p><p>Jeron Tate, 18, was arrested Thursday in the 7500 block of South Carpenter Street and charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated kidnapping and unlawful restraint, police announced.</p><p>Tate was expected to appear for a detention hearing Friday. </p><p>He and Talley allegedly showed up at a Family Dollar store, 3239 W. Lawrence Ave., around 8 a.m. Saturday, prosecutors said. The two were masked, and Talley allegedly pulled a gun from his waistband when a store clerk told them to leave a bag at the front of the store.</p><p>Talley took the 55-year-old woman to the back of the store and struck her in the face with the gun before demanding that she open a cash register and a safe, prosecutors said. The clerk said she didn’t have the keys, so Talley pistol-whipped her again. She suffered a broken nose and two black eyes, prosecutors said.</p><p>After Talley “dragged” the clerk back to the cash register, she was able to open it, prosecutors said. Talley made off with just $110, the clerk’s keys and her wallet.</p><p>As Talley and Tate fled on Lime scooters, the clerk called police, prosecutors said. Talley was captured on video tossing the clerk’s wallet into a garbage can, and was taken into custody a short time later with a bloody bundle of cash in his pocket.</p><p>Eventually, Talley complained he’d swallowed five bags of drugs and he was taken to Swedish Hospital, where he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/04/30/swedish-hospital-john-bartholomew-alphanso-talley-chicago-police-department\" target=\"_blank\" >fatally shot Bartholomew and gravely wounded another officer</a>.</p><p>Talley, who was naked and carrying his gown after escaping from the hospital, was found over an hour after the shooting in the 2600 block of West Carmen Avenue, hiding under a porch.</p><p><i>Contributing: Sophie Sherry</i><br></p>",
  "title": "Man accused of robbing dollar store with Alphanso Talley before Swedish Hospital shooting",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-01T15:28:52.264Z"
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