Two robbers did their best imitation Friday of the gang thatcouldn't shoot straight.
They stuck up an armored car courier as he walked into aNorthwest Side Currency Exchange - before he could make his cashpickup.
The two men, one wearing a welder's mask and carrying asawed-off shotgun, tried the heist at about 12:25 p.m. at theFullerton-Keeler Currency Exchange Inc., 4217 W. Fullerton.
"It was well planned and thought out, but they got itbackwards," joked police Sgt. William Murray.
The Illinois Armored Car Corp. guard was walking into theCurrency Exchange when the robber wearing the mask approached himfrom a nearby gangway.
He gun-toting robber then announced, "This is a stickup."
The startled guard, looking at him in disbelief, responded: "Idon't have any money yet. This is a pickup."
The frustrated gunman pointed the gun in the air and fired once.He then turned and ran down the gangway with his accomplice.
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