Local NBA Star's Home Invaded

By Benjy Lipsman in News on Jul 10, 2007 1:09PM

NBA star and Chicago-native Antoine Walker was robbed at gunpoint inside his River North home early Monday evening. Walker was home with a family member at the time of the home invasion, in which a vehicle, cash and jewelry were taken.

The home invasion took place around 6:30pm on the 400 block of W. Huron -- not exactly a neighborhood where one expects for something like this to occur. Either the River North neighborhood's rougher than we thought, or this crime sounds a bit fishy.

It's a pretty bold move to storm into a $1 million townhouse in broad daylight, in a busy neighborhood, when people would be likely to be home and awake.

We wonder whether Walker was the specific target. Did he make enemies with somebody who'd do something like this? Was somebody from his old neighborhood hard up for cash and knew where he lived? We're betting there is some connection between whomever did this and Walker. But maybe that's just because Chicagoist has been watching too much "CSI" lately...

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