A group of about 10 thieves made away with nearly $130,000 in Louis Vuitton merchandise from a Nordstrom store in River North Sunday evening.

About 6 p.m. the thieves, wearing all black with face coverings and gloves, exited three different cars and tried to enter the Nordstrom at 55 E. Grand Ave., according to police reports obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

A security guard tried to stop them by pulling the doors shut, but the struggle caused the exterior handles to break, causing about $5,000 in damages, according to a police report.

The group then made its way to the second floor and through the open doors to the Louis Vuitton section where they took $129,770 in clothes and purses, according to the report.

The thieves then fled in the vehicles — a black Kia, gray Acura and black I

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