Suspect damages Auto Zone window and city property, Chicago IL

Vandalism

Reported: 11/17/2025 11:31 PM

Near N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

An alarm triggered at the Auto Zone near North Western Avenue due to a person throwing a brick at a window, causing damage but failing to enter. The same person also damaged city property nearby, including signs and bushes, and fled on foot wearing dark clothing.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 02

02:19

Transcript:

00:00

Commercial alarm sounding, near North Western Avenue for the Auto Zone.

00:05

They're calling in a glass break, no key holder.

00:12

4935. You can drop that on the bottom.

00:15

Thank you, 35.

00:16

14,

00:19

I heard you too.

00:27

6 to Adam.

00:32

Hey Adam. 935.

00:34

Can you go see down on that alarm on west there?

00:39

You got it.

00:40

35, I heard you.

00:41

Go ahead.

00:42

Yeah, somebody threw a brick at the window over here, an unsuccessful entry.

00:48

So if we have cameras over here off of Addison that could see a car or anything,

00:52

we're going to be touring the area.

00:57

1902 Sam.

01:00

There's a camera face.

01:02

I'm a guy right now.

01:03

Let me get some info.

01:05

Okay, ten four.

01:06

Stand by, 35.

01:11

Six to David.

01:12

I'm on the cameras.

01:13

It just looked like a dark figure.

01:15

He just walked up to the Auto Zone and then just fled north down on foot.

01:21

Any type of clothing description?

01:25

It's all dark, it could be black.

01:28

Okay, so we have one, just one male, one foot.

01:32

Dark clothing is the best that we have, northbound from that location.

01:37

And what's the time step on that?

01:41

In between 1258 and 1259.

01:46

Okay, roughly seven minutes ago you all.

01:51

1935.

01:53

We also got some more damage at near North Western Avenue.

01:57

Looks like this guy was also throwing city property and signs and bushes all over the place on the road.

02:03

So he's somewhere over here.

02:05

All right, he's somewhere in the area.

02:08

We got some more criminal damage near North Western Avenue.

02:13

One subject we're looking for a dark clothing.

02:18

1924.

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