Police were out in force in Chicago’s downtown Saturday night following large groups of disorderly teens causing disturbances on the streets, including inside a Loop Walgreens.
A police spokesman said the Walgreens incident involved several teen shoplifters.
As of 8 p.m. the situation was ongoing along Michigan Avenue between Washington Street and Ida B. Wells Drive.
“CPD is responding to a large gathering near that area at this time,” police spokesman Officer Anthony Spicuzza wrote in an email.
While police said there were no incidents of looting as of 9 p.m. Saturday, a staffer who picked up the phone at the Walgreens, 2 N. State St., said there was a group inside the store who were shoplifting about 8 p.m.
“They didn’t touch us,” she said, adding that none of the employees was hurt.
“It’s not over,” she said about 8:15 p.m., meaning that the group remained inside, but she declined to provide further details including her name due to a corporate policy against speaking to the media.
No injuries or arrests were immediately reported.
