About 40 vehicles were broken into at a University of Illinois Chicago parking garage on Friday, according to a student estimate, with shattered windows reported and students upset about the break-ins. The break-ins struck the garage at 1100 West Harrison Street, a facility at UIC.
One student told reporters she found her car’s windows shattered when she returned to the garage, according to ABC7 Chicago. Video from the scene showed the extent of the damage across the garage, and UIC students reacted with visible frustration over the break-ins, per the same report. Police are investigating the vehicle break-ins at the garage, but as of the outlet’s report, officers had released no further information about how the incident unfolded or who was responsible.
A High-Traffic Hub Now a Crime Scene
The Harrison Street facility is a parking structure on Chicago’s Near West Side.
The garage itself isn’t aging infrastructure left unattended. Golf Construction lists a Harrison Street Parking Structure Renovation dated 08/01/2024, according to Golf Construction, the firm behind the project. That leaves open questions about how dozens of cars could be hit in the structure.
Part of a Citywide Pattern
Another Chicago vehicle-break-in incident occurred in February, when a group targeted at least 10 vehicles within minutes in a Bronzeville parking lot, a pattern Hoodline covered in Brazen Bronzeville Crew Rips Through Car Lot. Chicago also saw other vehicle break-ins, alongside a cluster of vehicle burglaries along the lakefront in mid-2025…