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Things got messy when a group of shoppers came into the Pilgrim Vintage Clothing Store on Orchard Street last night, tried to shoplift a $2,500 purse, and promptly threw the owner of the store through his own glass window when he tried to intervene.

ABC described the block as a "chaotic, bloody scene" as the assailants, reportedly numbering between two and five, came crashing through the window with the owner, sending glass and blood everywhere. The group fled the scene on foot, and neighboring business owners took off after the robbers. Police later arrested two men and a woman in the area.

The owner, who neighbors identified as Richard Ives, is in stable condition at Bellevue Hospital after suffering head trauma from the attack.