Overview
- Police say four people in a white Jeep drove through the front of a BP on the 3100-block of South Michigan Avenue and removed an ATM before loading it into a gray SUV and fleeing.
- Area One detectives are investigating the incident that occurred at about 4:10 a.m. on Friday and no injuries were reported.
- Authorities describe the episode as part of a wider wave of overnight vehicle-enabled smash-and-grab burglaries that have targeted ATMs and small businesses across the South Side this month.
- City leaders announced a summer safety plan a day earlier that shifts resources to theft and high-risk areas and officials have framed this theft as an early test of those measures.
- The theft adds repair and insurance costs for affected small businesses and could prompt increased patrols, more lighting and requests for community surveillance footage as investigators seek tips.