8 school buses stolen, shredded into big pile of scrap

Eight school buses were stolen from the Far South Side overnight and driven to a salvage yard, where they were cut apart and shredded into a two-story pile of scrap.
Three people were taken into custody.
The 40-foot-long buses, capable of seating 75 people, were stolen sometime overnight from the bus company's yard in the 10000 block of South Torrence Avenue and were not discovered missing until this morning.
The buses were all equipped with GPS tracking devices, and police were able to track "their entire movement" to the scrap yard on the West Side.
When officers arrived, several people who apparently worked in the scrap yard ran into a building. Officers initially apprehended one person and later took two others into custody.
Police were searching for the owner of the yard.
An employee said the bus yard had been closed around 7 p.m. Thursday. When workers arrived at 5 a.m. today, they discovered a gate open and a snapped lock.