1 in custody after ambulance stolen from Northwest Side hospital, Chicago police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An ambulance was stolen Wednesday afternoon from a hospital on Chicago's Northwest Side.

Northbrook police said the ambulance was stolen from Swedish Covenant Hospital, located at 2739 W. Foster Ave. about 12:30 p.m.

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Chicago police said nobody was inside the ambulance at the time of the theft.

Northbrook police responded to the 1000-block of Skokie Boulevard about 1 p.m. for the theft, the village of Northbrook said, and the ambulance was located.

A man was taken into custody.

No injuries were reported.

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The investigation is ongoing, and charges are pending.

Chopper 7 was over a police investigation near Interstate 94 and Dundee Road in Northbrook.

Video showed officers investigating an ambulance in a parking lot.