The looters arrived in over two dozen cars in the latest example of brazen crime in the Bay Area.
Police in Walnut Creek, California, say that approximately 80 people entered a Nordstrom store on Saturday night and “immediately began stealing merchandise.” A video of the incident posted to Twitter by a local journalist shows people running from the Bay Area store. Looters can be seen heading to cars with bags. One man is shown holding a suitcase. As of 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, the video had been viewed more than 1.7 million times. NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez wrote in her Twitter post: “#Breaking About 25 cars just blocked the street and rushed into the Walnut Creek Nordstrom making off with goods before getting in cars snd speeding away. At least two people arrested at gunpoint.” Police called the incident an “organized theft” and announced Sunday afternoon that they had arrested three people who participated in the crimes Saturday night.
