Overview
- Police said multiple people used a gray SUV to smash into a North Lawndale restaurant and then entered the building to try to remove an ATM around 5:15 a.m. Saturday, but the attempt failed.
- Surveillance and reporting show a white SUV was involved in the getaway, and officers confirmed the offenders fled the scene in that vehicle.
- The restaurant, identified in local reports as Star Gyros, suffered heavy front-window and interior damage while workers were inside, though no injuries were reported.
- Area Four detectives from the Chicago Police Department are handling the open investigation and are examining video and evidence from the scene with no arrests announced so far.
- Crash-and-grab attacks use vehicles to break storefronts and quickly escape, a tactic that damages small businesses and may prompt more patrols and security measures in affected West Side commercial corridors.