Two people were arrested and several others sought after two separate break-ins early Monday at a Nordstrom on the Magnificent Mile and another store on the South Side.
Three to four males entered the Nordstrom after smashing the front door with a rock or brick, Chicago police said. The burglary happened about 1:40 a.m. in the 100 block of East Grand Avenue.
The group stole purses and merchandise, police said. Officers arrested one suspect near the store. One officer was treated on scene for a minor injury, police said. Video of the scene showed a smashed window at a Nordstrom store.
About 40 minutes later, another break-in was reported at a store in Back of the Yards on the South Side. About 2:20 a.m., a group broke the front window to a retail sporting store in the 4600 block of South Halsted Street and took merchandise from inside, Chicago police said.
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The group left with the merchandise and fled the scene in multiple vehicles, police said. A male was arrested near the incident. No charges have been filed.
Police were investigating the break-ins as two separate burglaries, and not as looting, according to police spokeswoman Sally Bown.
