Man Pushes GameStop Employee, Steals an Xbox and PlayStation

Walking into a chain business, pushing a woman, implying you have a gun and leaving with two video game systems is not the best way to support local merchants on Small Business Saturday.

But that’s what one man did in Niles, and police have been looking for him.

According to the Niles Herald-Spectator, the suspect - a man between 35 and 45 years old - entered GameStop at 9639 N. Milwaukee Ave. just before 12:30 p.m. and started talking to a female employee about different gaming systems. When other customers left the building, the man asked her for two of them, an Xbox One and PlayStation 4. When she got them, the man said “I’m taking these” and grabbed them.

He then allegedly pushed the woman, said he had a gun and left the store with the systems. He did not display a weapon.

The suspect is described as thin, white and about 6-feet, 2-inches tall. He was wearing a gray jacket, baseball cap and sunglasses at the time.

The systems were valued at $400 each.

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