Shocking footage shows a group of armed, masked robbers smash the counter glass at a Los Angeles jewelry store and run off with two large bags full of merchandise while allegedly shooting a security guard.
Two women were behind the counter at the Valley Indoor Swap Meet in Panorama City on Monday afternoon when the three thieves dressed in all black brazenly robbed the store at gunpoint, despite the employees’ attempts to stop them, according to footage obtained by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
“No! No! No! Get out!” one of the workers yelled as the alarm blared during the robbery, the second at the store in two years.
The employee had “started to hit the guy to get out,” the store owner’s daughter told the outlet. “And a lot of people are saying, ‘You don’t do that, they have guns,’ but at the same time, that’s her family behind the counter.”
“You don’t think about the gun, you just want to do something,” said the store owner, who did not wish to share her name. “It’s really difficult seeing people coming and taking your hard work.”
Seconds after the robbers fled, gunfire erupted as a 50-year-old security guard was shot, sending shoppers running for their lives.
The security guard was not breathing or conscious as he was rushed to the hospital and his current condition is unknown, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
One suspect was taken into custody, while the two others remain outstanding, LAPD said.
The jewelry store has been open for 40 years, according to the owner. She said she never had any problems with robbers until recently.
