UPDATE: A clerk hid in the bathroom while a mob looted an Arco gas station in Compton. Residents are speaking out after the chaos.
A large mob of looters was caught on video bum-rushing a gas station in Compton and stealing thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise, all while the clerk on duty hid inside.The video shows one man breaking the glass door while dozens of looters crowd behind him.The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department told Eyewitness News thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise was stolen and serious damage was done to the store.
Another Compton resident, Tamara, said just the fact that a mob of people went around the city scares her. Investigators said shots were fired about a block away from the store raid though no injuries were reported.Deputies with LASD's Compton station had been responding to several illegal street takeovers earlier in the night, LASD said.
Both incidents involved illegal street racers with up to 500 people involved, investigators said. LASD said the two incidents both ended with break-ins and vandalism, including a break-in at a laundromat.
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