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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested

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Reuters
10 August, 2020, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 10 August, 2020, 09:57 pm

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Mass looting breaks out in Chicago; shots fired, 100 arrested

At least 13 officers were injured, and a security guard and a civilian were struck by gunfire

Reuters
10 August, 2020, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 10 August, 2020, 09:57 pm
Picture: Reuters
Picture: Reuters

Chicago police exchanged gunfire with looters and arrested more than 100 people after crowds swarmed Chicago's luxury commercial district early Monday, looting stores, smashing windows and clashing with officers for hours, police said.

Police Superintendent David Brown called the outbreak "pure criminality," and Mayor Lori Lightfoot sought to distance the incident from the "righteous uprising" in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25.

"This was not an organized protest. Rather this was an incident of pure criminality," Brown told a news conference.

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At least 13 officers were injured, and a security guard and a civilian were struck by gunfire, Brown said.

Social media images showed storefronts bashed in and people fleeing stores with arms full of goods, with much of the action taking place along Michigan Avenue, the upscale commercial district known as the Magnificent Mile.

People were drawn by a number of social media posts encouraging looting in central Chicago after tensions flared following the police shooting of a man with a gun, Brown said.

As police questioned a 20-year-old suspect, he fled, firing at the pursuing officers, Brown said. Police returned fire and shot the man, who was hospitalized and expected to survive.

"After the shooting, a crowd gathered. ... Tempers flared, fueled by misinformation as the afternoon turned into evening," Brown said.

In response to the social media posts, police sent 400 officers into the area, where they were met by caravans of people arriving in cars, Brown said.

As officers arrested one man carrying a cash register, shots were fired at them from a passing vehicle, and police fired back, Brown said.

Brown pledged a police crackdown in central Chicago, assigning officers to 12-hour shifts and canceling days off.

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