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A group of AutoZone employees are forced to suffer after a frenzy of street takeovers in Los Angeles resulted in the vandalism and looting at of one of the shop’s locations twice in 24 hours.
More than 100 vehicles swarmed the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue around 3 a.m. Sunday, causing chaos and destruction to the pavement and surrounding area.
The rogue crowd, many with their faces covered, then took the opportunity to break into an already boarded-up AutoZone location and take off with unpaid merchandise, video showed.
Sunday marked the second time the store had been targeted within just 24 hours, ABC7 reported.
The store’s windows were smashed and merchandise ransacked during another street takeover around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, leaving aisles strewn with looted merchandise.
The AutoZone will remain closed for two to three days while workers repair damaged wiring and electrical systems, the store manager told ABC7. Employees will go unpaid during the closure.
Social media personality Kevin Dalton posted video of the looting on X, calling the suspects “felonious hooligans” who hit the same store twice in 24 hours.
“This post brought to you by Gavin Newsom, reminding you that crime is down in California,” he added.
The weekend chaos was not limited to East Los Angeles.
Another large street takeover erupted early Saturday at Western Avenue and Century Boulevard in South Los Angeles’ Gramercy Park neighborhood.
LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes told City News Service that when police arrived, they found a large crowd, fireworks, and a car burning in the middle of the road.
No arrests were made and no injuries were reported in either incident.
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