It was not known how a coyote found its way to the Aldi at 800 N. Kedzie Ave., but police officers and the city's animal control department helped out, Chicago police said. The coyote will get a health assessment before it's released.

Animal appeared uninjured and will be assessed before being released back into the wild if that is deemed appropriate.

Onlookers watched the slightly surreal incident at an Aldi in Chicago's West side play out with cops trying to dislodge the terrified coyote who had run into the supermarket