CHICAGO, IL— An officer with the Chicago Police Department engaged an armed suspect while responding to a burglary in the Gold Coast neighborhood on Monday morning that involved a vehicle colliding with a storefront. This dangerous and highly damaging type of burglary has been coined a “crash-and-grab” due to the involvement of a vehicle intentionally colliding with a structure.

According to CBS News Chicago, Alderman Brian Hopkins told the outlet that the crash-and-grab burglaries have escalated recently and that there is a need for the city to install security bollards to protect vulnerable storefronts. He told CBS, “These are not property crimes. These are violent, dangerous offenses where lives could possibly be lost, and it needs to be taken that seriously.”

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