“Leave no man behind.” It’s a concept almost as old as warfare itself. But it apparently does not apply to Chicago’s crash-and-grab burglary teams. Because that’s exactly what happened Friday morning in Rogers Park, and the man who got left behind is now in custody.
A bystander caught the hapless burglar being abandoned by not one but two carloads of accomplices outside GameStop, 1751 West Howard, around 6:15 a.m.
As the video begins, the silver Jeep has just rammed the storefront, and five burglars are seen bolting from the smashed storefront with merchandise. Off-camera, Chicago police are closing in.
Two burglars run for an SUV, but it takes off before the second thief gets inside. He throws his arms in a panicked run toward the other getaway car, which also leaves without him.
“They left him,” says the man recording the scene. “Look! They left him!”
The only option he had left? Run for it. But that didn’t go well, either. Before the abandoned burglar could get away, two Chicago cops forced him to the ground at gunpoint.
“Got his a**! Caught, man!” rejoices the cameraman. “Got his a** caught!”
Check out the footage, shared online by Chicago Critter:
According to a Chicago police spokesperson, the man with the caught a** is 18-year-old Elijah Henry of Riverdale. He’s charged with burglary, retail theft, and criminal damage to property, all felonies. Henry will be in court for a detention hearing on Saturday afternoon.
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