Windows smashed on 8 vehicles on Northwest Side, Chicago police say

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team and Stephanie Wade WLS logo
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 11:45AM

Video shows suspects break into cars on NW Side
Surveillance video shows suspects breaking into cars in the Dunning neighborhood Tuesday morning.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Eight vehicles had their windows smashed on the Northwest Side Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

The incident occurred at about 1:44 a.m. in the 3600-3800 blocks of North Nordica Avenue in the Dunning neighborhood.

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Police said a male suspect broke the driver's side and passenger side windows of the eight cars. Only one of the vehicles had property taken, police said.

Surveillance video shows a suspect bust through a truck window, climb in and steal items inside.

In the video, it looks like three suspects going car to car before driving off in a dark colored sedan.

Francisco Ortega man came out to leave for work when he discovered his car was broken into.

"I'm on my way to work right at the moment and I just see my wife's trunk open, so I get her and say 'Hey, did you leave your car open?' and she was like 'What do you mean?' and I ran outside to see what was wrong and then I checked inside and it was basically ransacked and they just moved around things," Ortega said. "They really didn't take much. The good thing was she didn't have no windows smashed. It was a good day to leave it unlocked, right?"

At least one vehicle had a cover around their driver's side window.

Further details were not immediately available.

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