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The store's security guard said a Jeep SUV crashed through it. Afterward, five or six burglars from two other cars jumped out and made multiple trips in and out of the store to steal things – happening in about five minutes.
Two burglars used a Jeep Cherokee to break into Gyros 47 near 47th and Calumet.
We have been tracking an increase in brazen crash-and-grab burglaries for months. So with some turning violent, what can we expect to change?
The River North building had major damage in yet another crash and grab burglary in Chicago.
Starting from scratch, Flee Club owners Darrius Kelly and Sabrian Sledge have had a rough month.
Thieves used a white Jeep to plow through the front of the Urban Jungle clothing store near Paulina and Milwaukee.
"This pretty much happens every season around this time. They go around to all of the sneaker resale stores and they try and get what they can."
The alarming trend has made its way to West Town as part of the latest in a string of smash-and-grab burglaries involving cars across the city. CBS 2's Shardaa Gray reports from West Town.
Police said five to six people crashed a pickup truck and a Dodge Charger into a building in the 700 block of North Franklin Street.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
Police say in each incident, three suspects would throw an object through the glass door of the business and take property from inside.
This involves a type of shield over glass windows and doors that one can't even tell is there.
The burglaries happened during the months of March and April in the Bridgeport and McKinley neighborhoods.
The burglaries started on Jan. 21 with the latest happening just Friday morning.
They've struck five times in the last week, in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Old Town, and Lincoln Square.
Three people ran inside and grabbed cigarettes but ran out quickly because an alarm went off.
The robberies took place through the month of October.
Munster police are searching for the suspect who burglarized a salon Wednesday morning.
Twelve Binny's stores have been hit in the last nine months.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
Someone in the construction vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city said.
Police personnel from multiple jurisdictions were called Sunday morning for the discovery of military ordnance in a heavily wooded area of Fort Sheridan near Davis Street.
On Sunday, Musburger remembered when the Bears were working out an agreement with Walter Payton.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
In a world of deep partisanship, Edgar was lauded by his fellow Republicans and also by Democrats as a leader with great integrity.
The Department of Homeland Security is escalating its clash with so-called sanctuary states, warning multiple states they could face legal action, CBS News has learned.
Immigration enforcement officials have arrested nearly 550 people as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration in the Chicago area, which began less than two weeks ago, a top Department of Homeland Security official told CBS News.
An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.
A federal judge in Florida has thrown out President Trump's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, citing its excessive length, but gave his attorneys a chance to refile.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The Arlington Heights Village Board on Monday night approved a new 5% streaming tax.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
Osher Center executive director Dr. Melinda Ring said there are many ways that food impacts all of our lives and health. She explained what using food as medicine looks like.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
The private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens, ending the drugstore chain's run as a publicly traded company.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows using a mix of humor, song and expressions of solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel.
In a statement issued Wednesday, ABC said Kimmel's show would be "preempted indefinitely. There was no word on if or when the show may return.
The first-ever Central Street Busker Fest is set for Saturday, Sept. 20, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ABC's announcement came as media giants Nexstar and Sinclair announced they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely on all their stations over his remarks.
Calling his impact on the state of Illinois "incalculable," hundreds came to Springfield in Saturday to say their final farewells to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar. Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
A U.S. attorney in Virginia is out of a job over pressure to bring charges against New York’s attorney general. Cristian Benavides reports.
One person who was at a wedding said someone hit the shooter over the head with a chair before he ran from the neighboring restaurant, through the wedding, and into the kitchen.
The founder of Riot Fest spent more than a decade trying to get the actor and musician to the festival, and finally succeeded.
Officers found the driver in an overturned sport-utility vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
At least five people were displaced as a result of the crash in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle had hit multiple unoccupied parked cars in the 10100 block of South Avenue M, police said.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
Someone in the construction vehicle was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the city said.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
West Garfield Park residents are excited to learn that a new EV charging station is coming to their area at the end of the month.
Fear has been spreading fast in Chicago's immigrant community since the Trump administration officially launched its deportation effort, dubbed Operation Midway Blitz.
On Sunday, Musburger remembered when the Bears were working out an agreement with Walter Payton.
The Cardinals captured their third Division III national championship back in January
It marked the first time since 1950 that the Hoosiers and Fighting Illini squared off with each other ranked.
The Irish beat the Boilermakers for the 10th straight time, including last season's 66-7 blowout.
The Cubs hold the top wild card and have already clinched a playoff berth.
The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle had hit multiple unoccupied parked cars in the 10100 block of South Avenue M, police said.
An immigration judge has denied bond to a man who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since he sought police help as the victim of a near-fatal shooting in Iowa months ago.
Police said the suspect was on a bus in the 2400 block of West Jackson Boulevard when he got into a quarrel with the two passengers and went on to beat them.
In each incident, the burglars pull up in stolen cars, shatter the rear passenger windows of pickup trucks, and steal items inside, police said.
