The group ransacked a Nordstrom after disabling two security guards with bear spray.
LOS ANGELES — Armed with bear spray, a group of up to 50 people swarmed a Los Angeles mall Saturday and made away with around $100,000 worth of luxury items, officials said.
Thirty 30 to 50 people descended on the Nordstrom store at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, using the bear spray to neutralize security guards as they made off with thousands of dollars' worth of luxury handbags and high-end clothing, a police spokesman said. The call of “numerous persons shoplifting” came shortly after 4 p.m., the LAPD said. Police estimated the loss at $60,000 to $100,000.
"Topanga Division officers were on the scene quickly and have several investigative leads," the LAPD said in a statement.Thieves ransack a Southern California mall Saturday.In video circulating on social media, people wearing hoods and masks that covered their faces tear down shelves and run out of the store carrying luxury goods.The LAPD confirmed that bear spray was used neutralize two security guards. There was no immediate word on their condition.
On Tuesday, a very similar mob-style robbery took place at an Yves Saint Laurent store at the Americana at Brand in nearby Glendale, NBC Los Angeles
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