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Vuitton store. more than $100 the grand in handbags and more was stolen. in downtown san francisco this past weekend, another vuitton store and more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars, their arms filled withmerch made their getaway. an employee was pepper sprayed during the brazen way. >> probably saw 50 to 80 people with ski masks, crow bars, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: fthey fled in ten cars. three arrests were mad...

Store, stealing sledgehammers and crow bars. >> it was crazy. it was crazy. >> reporter: another smash-and-grab crew in los angeles hit a high-end designer store, prompting police to go on an all-hands-on-deck tactical alert. but its not keeping shoppers away. >> im not concerned, personally. im more concerned for people that work in the stores. it seems really frightening, but hopefully i see more security walking around, so hopefully people will be okay. >> reporter: the rash of robberies has ...

Ready for it. maybe they think they wouldnt be because they think we already got hit. what is the thought process there? >> christi, this is when cops have to think like criminals. you have to start looking at the patterns that theyre establishing and yeah, you may think they may not come back, but if the store restocks, if they put more inventory up in the window, up on display, those thieves might come back. i mean, if youre walking out with 100 grand worth of goods, why not take the chance ag...

Barged into a home depot, stole sledgehammers, crow bars and other tools. we are seeing a surge in brazen robberies, smash and grab as theyre called. officers are scrambling to prevent the next big one. and this is leading holiday shoppers to be on edge. the police chief in san francisco said retail workers are, quote, terrified of smash and grab robberies. take a look at this one. this is one that is -- i think it stunned me when i watched it. you hear smash and grab, you think of a couple peop...

Turn at two shopping centers. authorities say a shooter in durham, north carolina, injured three people and three others were hurt during the evacuation. one person was detained. in tacoma, washington, one person was hospitalized after a shooting. police are still searching for a suspect. a home depot in california was also hit friday. police say the suspects made off with hammers, crow bars and other tools. its the latest in a brazen string of thefts targeting retail stores across the country...

Breaking into high-end retailers, grabbing merchandise and fleeing as a cluster of getaway cars blocked traffic. an estimated $200,000 worth of merchandise gone in a matter of mince. >> i saw people running down the street. i probably saw 50 to 80 people in like ski masks, crow bars. >> many of the robberies orchestrated by criminal masterminds. >> theyre paying the individuals to do the robberies. they collect the goods and fence them and move them to other parts of the country. >> and the situ...

Stole more than 100 grand in handbags and more. downtown san francisco this past weekend, another vuitton store and more hit by a mob. >> this is not a problem limited to san francisco. >> reporter: just outside the city, burglars, arms filled with merchandise, made their getaway from a nordstrom saturday night, an employee was pepper sprayed during the brazen raid. >> probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crow bars, bunch of weapons. >> reporter: they fled in ten cars. three arrests were m...

In ski masks, crow bars, a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: they fled in ten cars. three consarrests were made, tw guns recovered. sunday night another raid at another bay area mall. >> what were not used to is their willingness to use firearms and shoot at people. >> reporter: and at the grove, a nordstrom was hit monday night, $5,000 worth of goods stolen, $15,000 worth of damage. and this mall had 3wbeefed up security after the protests that followed the murder of george floyd. >> you saw bad g...

>> probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crow bars, weapons. >> reporter: and in san francisco, more than $1 million in merchandise was stolen after as many as 100 people rushed several stores, including this louis vuitton. >> look, i have no sympathy, no empathy whatsoever, people smashing and grabbing, stealing peoples items, creating havoc and terror on our streets. >> reporter: tonight, the governor lashing out at the recent spate of crimes. >> we want real accountability, we want peopl...

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