Mob-style smash-and-grab at Topanga mall leaves shoppers on edge

INCLUDING MEN AND WOMEN SNATCHING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF LUXURY ITEMS, LEAVING THE STORE IN SHAMBLES. I'M MICHELLE FISHER AND I'M JORY RAND. >> AND THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS. AT 11. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER AMY POWELL HAS THE LATEST ON THIS BRAZEN HEIST ALONG WITH REACTION FROM THE MAYOR TONIGHT . >> GLASS SHATTERING RACKS AND FIXTURES KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. AND A LARGE CREW OF THIEVES CAUGHT ON CELL PHONE VIDEO RACING THROUGH A NORDSTROM STORE AT THE WESTFIELD TOPANGA MALL IN CANOGA PARK, SMASHING DISPLAY CASES, SCOOPING UP ARMLOADS OF EXPENSIVE BAGS AND CLOTHING. STUNNED AND FRIGHTENED SHOPPERS RUNNING FROM THE STORE. >> WE WERE SITTING HAVING COFFEE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW SO MANY PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF THE STORE. WE WERE NOT IN THE STORE. WE WERE AT THE ENTRY OF THE STORE. SO MANY PEOPLE COMING OUT. WE DIDN'T KNOW WE THOUGHT IT'S A BOMB OR SOMETHING. >> I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT FIRST WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THEN I RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING WHEN ALL THE SECURITY EVERYBODY WAS GOING, YOU KNOW, INTO THE ONE AREA. THE ROBBERY HAPPENED JUST AFTER 4 P.M, A MOB OF 20 TO 30 MALE AND FEMALE SUSPECTS WEARING MASKS AND HOODIES, SEEN SNATCHING MERCHANDISE, RUNNING OUT OF NORDSTROM AND ESCAPING THE LAPD, SAYS ONE SECURITY GUARD WAS TREATED AFTER BEING SPRAYED WITH SOME TYPE OF MACE OR BEAR SPRAY. >> NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE STORE HAS BEEN HIT BY SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERS. NUMEROUS SHOPS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA SELLING DESIGNER MERCHANDISE HAVE BEEN TARGETS OF SIMILAR CRIMES. IT'S HARD TO AVOID IT, ISN'T IT, REALLY? >> YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. L.A MAYOR KAREN BASS ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING THE NORDSTROM ROBBERY UNACCEPTABLE. >> SHE SAYS THOSE WHO COMMITTED THESE ACTS AND ACTS LIKE IT IN NEIGHBORING AREAS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE LAPD IS SEARCHING FOR A 20 TO 30 SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIME. AUTHORITIES ESTIMATE THE LOSS TO THE STORE AT BETWEEN 60 TO $100,000.

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Length: 2min 31sec (151 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 13 2023