LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY SAY THEY'RE STILL BEING TARGETED FOR ARMED ROBBERIES.

IT'S A STORY WE'VE BEEN COVERING FOR THE LAST YEAR.

MULTIPLE VENDORS HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT BEING ROBBED AT GUNPOINT DESPITE EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEM.

THE LATEST ALLEGED VICTIMS ARE FOR TRUMP WORKERS.

BARRIERS AND CONCESSION WINDOWS ARE MEASURES FOOD TRUCK OWNERS SAY THEY'VE HAD TO TAKE.

>> THE NAME WAS ON THE UP-AND-UP.

COULD COME OUT MOSTLY IN THE MEDICAL XI'AN PONCE WELL MOST GAMES.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUMMIT IMUS GOT OUT.

THOSE COME OUT TAKES A HIT THE METAL.

>> HAVE JIMENEZ WORK?

SO ONE OF THE FOOD 31ST KIDS EAT.

HE SAYS FOR HIS SAFETY.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW HIS FACE IN NOVEMBER.

HE MINA SAYS THE FOOD TRUCK WAS ROBBED TWICE WITHIN 2 WEEKS.

ALMOST FEELS ALSO.

>> OF THEM WILL BE ABLE DO IS FORGET ABOUT THE NOISE THEM OUT AND ABOUT JUST ALMOST YOU IT WAS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

THAT JIMENEZ SAYS MEN IN SKI MASKS ROBBED THEM WITH RIFLES.

>> ALSO TARGETING ANOTHER FOOD TRUCK ON THE SAME STREET.

NO.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE STAYED OPEN UP ABOUT A MONTH AND THE MOUSE.

>> MOMENT OUT OF THE PUBLIC, A MAN ON CAMPUS.

HOW THE LIST, THOUGH, AS HOW THE LA, THOUGH, AND BEST PART OF THIS BATTLE.

BUT WANT CRIMES AGAINST VENDORS ARE NOT NEW IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

>> SINCE LAST YEAR, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, CHRISTIAN, I'VE BEEN NOT IS HAS WORKED TO HELP STREET VENDORS.

THE FEAR STILL IN THE THEN THERE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDERS.

>> YOU THEY JUST DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON COMING THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CLIENT OR THIS GOING TO THEM?

>> AFTER DEMANDS FOR MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN LITTLE VILLAGE.

BEEN NOT AS SAYS, THERE HAS BEEN MORE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE 10TH POLICE DISTRICT.

>> THANKS TO THE HARD WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY DID CP'S PRESENCE STILL AROUND IN THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFFS AROUND IN THE MORNING HOURS TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EXTRA EYE FOR THE LA TIMES THAT I WAS LIKE I CAN AROUND 05:00AM.

YEAH.

USUALLY THAT AROUND 06:00AM WITH WHAT'S WHEN THESE ON TEMPERATURES WILL COMING.

ROB, VENDORS.

>> BUT DESPITE THESE INITIATIVES, THE CRIMES CONTINUE AND I'VE BEEN NOT AS CLAIMS THE CRIMINALS ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT.

>> DO YOU GUYS KNOW THEY CAUGHT ANY OF THE I HAVE WILL DROP SOME OF THE VENDORS THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE CAUGHT AND THEY HAVE RELEASED THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MINORS.

THEY HAVE FOUND GUNS THAT WERE LINKED TO THE CRIME AND THEY THEY RELEASED MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON RECENTLY RELEASED HIS ANTI-VIOLENCE STRATEGY.

THE PEOPLE'S PLAN FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY.

>> LITTLE VILLAGE IS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CITY SAYS IT WILL INCLUDE IN THE INITIATIVE'S FIRST PHASE.

IT'S SAD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS KNOW THEY JUST NEED GUIDANCE.

I'VE BEEN NOT AS SAYS, PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST STREET VENDORS.

WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ON STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE AT THE END THE UPPER HAND THESE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THEY DID RELEASE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERAGE MINERS.

>> IN A STATEMENT REGARDING THE CRIMES AGAINST STREET VENDORS, THE COOK COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THAT IS, QUOTE, REMAINS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AND CRIME.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE CRIMINAL CASES BASED ON THE LAW AND THE EVIDENCE AS WE STRIVE TO INCREASE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AS FOR THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY TELL US THEY