Chicago police on Tuesday released surveillance video asking for the public's help in identifying a group of people who broke in and ransacked a store on the city's West Side in May.
Video showed dozens of people swarming the West Chicago Avenue business, which sold electronics among other items, around 1:45 p.m. on May 31.
Many were captured taking whatever merchandise they could find over a roughly 25-minute period. At least one person violently kicked and shattered a protective covering under a counter that housed additional items.The aftermath of the looting spree saw the store looking like a shell of itself. The floor was littered with items and packaging as well as shattered cases that previously had protected the store's merchandise.
The pictured subjects are suspected of committing a burglary in the 3300 Block of West Chicago Avenue, police said.The looting was one of the first of many troubling incidents in the city following the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25 in Minneapolis.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19 often goes undiagnosed in hospital workers; virus may impair heart functionsThe following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Read more »
RUMORED: Keanu Reeves and Ryan Reynolds May Team up for a Marvel MovieKeanu Reeves has done just about everything. He’s starred in action movies and comedies, trilogies and reboots, comic book movies, and cartoons. He’s currently filming two sequels back-to-bac…
Read more »
The Supreme Court may tip the 2020 electionsIts rulings on a rush of deceptively low-profile cases could prove decisive—and divisive
Read more »
Kids With No Symptoms May Shed Covid-19 Coronavirus For Over 2 WeeksA study showed how kids can get sick from Covid-19 and how long they can carry the coronavirus even when they are asymptomatic. Here are the implications for the re-opening of schools:
Read more »
Thousands of small-business loans may have been fraudulent, U.S. House panel findsTens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud, waste and abuse in the $659 billion taxpayer-funded program aimed at helping small U.S. businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday.
Read more »
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon 'border wall' fraud trial set for May 2021A federal judge ordered that Steve Bannon, a former top aide to President Donald Trump, and three co-defendants begin their trial on charges of defrauding donors to a campaign to build a border wall next May.
Read more »