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Chicago Comics Vandalized in Reported Assault on June 30th

Chicago Comics (started in 1991) survived a vandalization episode on June 30th. I've shopped there more than a couple times, and I like their selection (as well as their sale section) quite a bit. Judging from their description of the incident (below), one of their two employees put themselves in the way of a flash mob to help protect a woman from an attack. Regrettably, the woman still got attacked, but it appears the two employees are uninjured.

They report on Facebook:

Yesterday was not a good day at Chicago Comics.

Total random weirdness. Soon after the Pride parade was cancelled a young woman and three of her friends ran into the store frantically asking the staff to call the police, as we were trying to wrap our heads around the situation she ran to the back of the store. As we were trying to assist her, a group of about 20+ teenagers flooded into the shop, destroying some of the displays at the front of the store.

They were searching for the young woman, at that point Raphael ran to the back to prevent them from reaching the young woman, unfortunately he was overwhelmed and they managed to get past him. They began spraying her with pepper spray and grabbing various random books from the small press section and throwing them at her, hitting her and her friends who were trying to shield her from the books and pepper spray. Once we got the aggravated group out of the shop we locked the door and waited for the ambulance and police officers to arrive. The group ran away from the shop once they heard sirens. The young woman waited for the ambulance to escort her away from the chaos in Lakeview. Unfortunately, we did not get her name but we hope she got the medical assistance she needed, we wish her a speedy recovery. Sadly, the group destroyed a lot of product, including a lot of consignment items, we will be reaching out to those of you with damaged products soon.

To the customers who were in the shop during this incident, you are amazing, we have the best customers! This was a completely random incident that could have ended a lot worse if it wasn't for our staff Raphael & Nicole working that day. A final shoutout to the Bonus Round Game Cafe crew who stopped by to help with the aftermath, you are the best neighbors!

On Twitter, Chicago Comics noted that readers can support the store through their eBay shop:

And notes that they are not affiliated with a GoFundMe started in their name:

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