. >> reporter: a shattered glass door greeted business owner razar. >> you wonder what's going on. >> reporter: the thieves broke into his store friday around 5:00 a.m. they stole jewelry and watches. >> about 15,000, 15 to 20,000. >> reporter: what does that mean for a small business like yours? >> it makes it very hard, for sure. especially as we try to get back on our feet after the covid. >> reporter: the same thieves also broke into three restaurants on the same block, lasalle avenue. further down the hill, thieves robbed this 7-eleven on 23rd avenue around 3:30 a.m. surveillance video shows five people entering the store after they broke the lock. the cashier says some threatened him with an ax. they ran away with two cash registers. around the same time, thieves tried to rob a second 7-eleven store on international boulevard in the little saigon district. they had guns, beat up a cashier. this footage shows the cashier pushing the thieves out of the store. because he had already pressed the panic button to alert the police, the thieves quickly drove away. >> he had bruising on