Two suspects involved in a robbery inside a Los Angeles-area shopping center were shot down by US Navy recruiters as they fled the scene Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The robbery occurred at a jewelry store at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance. Four people wearing masks and armed with hammers and gloves smashed the glass in the display cases and took all the jewelry they could, Fox Los Angeles reported.
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Two suspected robbers sit on the floor after being knocked down by Navy recruiters and bystanders following a robbery inside a California shopping center.
(Torrance Police Department)
While fleeing, two suspects escaped. The other two were carried to the ground by Navy recruiters working at the mall and some bystanders.
“[It was] the sailors. The Marine Corps… They stepped up, they shot them down,” a person who captured the robbery on video told the news outlet. “Two escaped, two were shot down and they stepped it up. That’s enough. It’s time to strike back.”
The recruiting station is next to where the robbery occurred.
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The two suspects, both minors, were taken into police custody.
Authorities told the news outlet that they recovered a large amount of the stolen jewelry from the scene.
