False alarm of looting reported at local store, Chicago IL

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/9/2025 07:15 AM

Near S Cicero Ave Ste 1434, Chicago, IL 60652

Police responded to reports of looting at a store near S Cicero Ave Ste 1434. Evidence technicians had already checked the scene and found only one worker inside. The workers declined to report any stolen items. The call was determined to be a false alarm from a passerby reporting the incident.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10

01:25

Transcript:

00:00

All right, 1115 and 14, what happened when you guys went to this night?

00:13

Can come again?

00:16

I know UN15 just went back over here to the Snites.

00:19

They're calling again, said they're looting the store again.

00:23

What happened when you guys went back?

00:27

So when we went back, the E.T.

00:29

was already done processing the scene.

00:30

He returned clothes that he found on the ground, he said, from another individual.

00:35

We asked the workers inside if they wanted to make a report for anything that was stolen after the E.T.

00:41

had processed the scene. They said no.

00:43

Okay, so they still had workers on the same?

00:50

99[1] there's only one gentleman inside okay um because they're calling back again this looks like somebody was just driving by reporting it i'm gonna go ahead and dupe it out if that's okay with you guys

01:04

99[1]

01:09

I advise the workers to call just in case if he sees anything or need this again.

01:13

Okay, sounds good.

01:15

So we know it's workers unseen.

01:17

If this was just somebody driving inside a broken window,

01:20

thought somebody might have been inside, but since you've confirmed it's the workers, we're not going to worry about it for now.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

99: Single-officer unit; unit is operating with only one officer, no partner present.

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Near S Cicero Ave Ste 1434, Chicago, IL 60652

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