Stores looted in Center City, North Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia Tuesday night
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Multiple groups of looters hit retail stores and at least one small business in different Philadelphia neighborhoods Tuesday night. Police made multiple arrests and recovered stolen merchandise in some of the incidents.
Much of the activity was focused in Center City, but there was also looting in North Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia.
In Center City, groups of mostly young people looted several stores and there was a reported assault at a Foot Locker.
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