CHICAGO – Family members say a World War II veteran is recovering after being beaten and robbed on a Chicago street during his weekly walk to a corner store to buy lottery tickets.

The Chicago Tribune reported that police have charged three people – ages 15, 17 and 20 – with robbery of a senior citizen in Monday's attack.

The 87-year-old veteran's daughter, Cynthia Steward-Jones, says the attackers knocked out his hearing aid, broke his dentures, smashed his glasses and bruised his face. He was treated at a hospital, and Steward-Jones says he's now recovering in the home they share.