Massive Armed Mob Loots California Nordstrom Store, Bystanders Describe the Chaos
Like a swarm of locusts working with tactical precision, a mob of looters ransacked a California department store Saturday night. About 80 people flooded a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, about 25 miles east of San…
Like a swarm of locusts working with tactical precision, a mob of looters ransacked a California department store Saturday night.
About 80 people flooded a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, about 25 miles east of San Francisco, police told NBC News.
The attack on the store took place just before its 9 p.m. closing time.
As the looters ravaged the store, one employee was pepper-sprayed and two others were punched and kicked, police said. All three were treated at the scene.
“About 25 cars just blocked the street and rushed into the Walnut Creek Nordstrom making off with goods before getting in cars and speeding away. At least two people arrested at gunpoint,” a local reporter tweeted.
Walnut Creek police Lt. Ryan Hibbs told KPIX-TV that three people were arrested.
Hibbs said two people were arrested in a fleeing car. A man was charged with robbery, possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit burglary and possession of burglary tools. A woman with him was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.