Police are warning after a group of what appear to be teenagers began kicking down doors of homes in a Chicago suburb as part of a dangerous TikTok trend authorities say could become "tragic"-- or result in felony charges.

It's being called the "door kick challenge and cases have been reported across the U.S., though they have only recently been reported in the Chicago area, according to authorities.

In northwest suburban Sleepy Hollow, one woman said she was awakened in the middle of the night by what she thought was a large tree falling.

"It startled me awake. I went outside to see what it was and none of the large trees had fallen on my house so I figured it might have been a large branch," said resident Anne Ybarra. "There was nothing I could do about it in the middle of the night.

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