Chicago police are investigating several crash-and-grab ATM thefts at gas stations Wednesday morning.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 11:45AMChicago police are investigating several crash-and-grab ATM thefts at gas stations Wednesday morning.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe clerk said an SUV crashed into the gas station and suspects stole one of the two ATMs inside.
The clerk said the suspects abandoned the SUV and took off in a waiting vehicle. The clerk said he was not injured. "I was going into the back, I heard a 'boom,'" The clerk said. "This happened before, but only drunk driving, they had hit it before. That is what I am thinking it is. When I see the guy go back and hit it again., he hit it like four or five times. When he hit it that fifth time, he knocked all of that out. The guys got out so calm. You could see that they knew what they were doing."In the Avondale neighborhood, Chicago police responded at about 2:50 a.m. to a burglary at a gas station in the 3300-block of North Kimball Avenue. A witness told police that a dark-colored SUV drove into the front of the gas station and three male suspects got out and stole an ATM before fleeing. No injuries were reported.
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