Chicago police chase burglary suspects from DuSable Lake Shore Drive into West Lawn; all 3 in custody
Chicago police said three burglary suspects are now in custody after a chase and crash earlier Wednesday.
Police said officers responded around 10:40 a.m. to the 4100 block of North Greenwood after a 50-year-old man said three male suspects broke into the driver's side door of a car and took items from inside. The suspects then got into another car and fled the scene. No injuries were reported.
Chicago police gave chase, and police scanner traffic indicated they pursued the vehicle on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, then onto the Dan Ryan Expressway and finally into the West Lawn neighborhood.
Police said about an hour after the initial response, the car of suspects crashed into a building and then a gate near an abandoned Kmart in the 7100 block of Kedvale. One person was taken into custody shortly after, and the other two fled on foot. CBS Skywatch was over the neighborhood as police searched yards, trash bins and the outsides of homes. Neighbors were told to stay inside.
"I looked outside and I saw helicopters and I thought it was ICE," said Rich Williams. "I was in the process of making some gestures and I look down the street and I see police all over— Chicago police, so I knew it was some criminal activity."
"I looked down the street and I seen cops running down the street and I saw something's going on and when I asked the officers what's going on, he goes, 'Please stay inside.' He goes, 'A couple men jumped out of cars and they're armed and dangerous," said Venessa Smolen.
Shortly before 3 p.m. police confirmed all three suspects had been arrested. The car they fled in was reported stolen from the 4000 block of N. Oakley Ave. Tuesday night, police said.
Charges against the suspects are pending.