Concealed carrier shoots crook bashing display case in Chicago jewelry store. Suspect reportedly released without charges.

A concealed-carrying employee of a Chicago jewelry store shot a hooded male who was caught on video bashing a display case over the weekend. The suspect reportedly was released without charges.

What are the details?

Surveillance video inside the store on Jeweler's Row in the city's Loop area on North Wabash Avenue shows the suspect walking around for about a minute before taking off toward the entrance just before 11 a.m. Saturday, WBBM-TV reported.

The male then began to bash a glass case, after which the employee behind the counter pulled out a gun and opened fire at the suspect before he tried to get away, the station said.

It appears the employee — who is a FOID card and concealed carry license holder, WBBM said — fired two shots at the male, who quickly fell to the sidewalk just outside the store's entrance.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Video outside the store shows the suspect getting up, beginning to run off, then stopping and turning around and going back into the store's entrance to retrieve what appears to be a a bag of some kind.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Image source: YouTube screenshot

He then runs down the sidewalk before heading up a stairwell to a train platform, WBBM said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Police told the station a man was placed into custody a short time later and taken to a hospital for a gunshot wound, where he reportedly was stabilized.

WBBM, citing store security, said the employee who opened fire was in custody as police continued to investigate.

While the station said charges against the robbery suspect are pending, WLS-TV said the suspect as well as the concealed carrier were released without charges.

How are observers reacting?

Commenters responding to the WBBM video on YouTube were not happy about how authorities handled things in the aftermath:

• "And there's Chicago's problem," one commenter said. "The employee is in custody for defending his business, and the criminal will be released back into society."
• "Why is the shooter in custody?" another user asked. "He wouldn't have shot if a POS hadn't tried to rob him. How is he all of a sudden a criminal?"
• "The employee shouldn't be in custody at all!" another commenter exclaimed. "I swear many of these anti-gun cities are looking for reasons to destroy gun owners."
• "It's really sad what has happened to this country," another user noted. "The criminals and inmates are running the asylum."

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