At least 6 businesses were burglarized in about 90 minutes in Old Irving Park, West Loop
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The owner said the alarm company called him in the middle of the night.
Early Thursday morning, a group smashed into a GameStop on Cermak Road, and hit El Taconazo Restaurant that’s just steps away in the city’s Heart of Chicago neighborhood.
And at Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream on 47th Street in Bronzeville, there was a similar scene Thursday morning.
When he arrived, the register was gone and even the safes had been taken.
The Cermak burglaries were part of a string of crimes, Chicago police said.
In each incident, two to four men between 20 and 30 year old, wearing dark-colored hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants and ski masks, forcibly entered businesses after breaking the front glass door, Chicago police said.
Once inside, suspects stole money in safes and cash registers, CPD said.
In one incident, one of the suspects pointed a gun and threatened to shoot the unsuspecting victim as he arrived to work and entered into the business, according to police.
A stolen gray 2011 Infiniti four-door sedan and a black 2017 Infiniti four-door sedan were identified as being used by the suspects in a majority of incidents.
The crimes took place at the following times and locations:
– 3300-block of North Broadway at 3:20 a.m. on Nov. 5 (Lake View East)
