Los Angeles law enforcement are on the hunt for a woman who repeatedly stomped on a convenience store clerk and a man who shot him several times with a BB gun, putting him in hospital.
The incident took place in broad daylight Wednesday when the woman brazenly walked into the outlet at a Hollywood gas station around 5pm and left without paying for a 12-pack of beer.
Surveillance footage shows the employee run out and return with the alcohol but he didn’t expect what happened next.
Law enforcement is on the hunt for two women and one man after a violent theft incident in Hollywood Wednesday afternoon
Moments later the angry woman – who wore spectacles and a mustard yellow hooded top – returned to the Arco mini-mart on Western and Melrose accompanied by a man wearing a backpack.
The group can be seen arguing but when the male pulls out a gun, the shopkeeper puts his hand up to motion not to shoot.
‘He [the alleged shooter] told him not to fight a woman,” Fox11 reports an anonymous witness said. ‘He pulled out the BB gun and shot him.’
The suspects robbed an Arco mini-mart of a 12-pack of beer in the middle of the afternoon
A store clerk chased the thieves into the street to retrieve the box of alcohol
They returned to the Western and Melrose store shouting while a man wearing a backpack produced a BB gun and started shooting
The worker had his shirt torn and was stomped on several times as someone tried to pull the woman off
The male shot the clerk four times, once in the head according to LAPD Captain David Kowalski
The woman didn’t leave without grabbing a pack of Heineken after the big fight
Video shows the woman grappling before stomping on his body, a least one time on his skull.
He overcomes her at one point but the gunman returns with the weapon pointed in the clerk’s direction, leaving the injured employee lying in the aisles near the far end of the store with a torn shirt.
‘The male shoots the clerk four times, one in the head,’ LAPD Captain David Kowalski said.
Another man – who was also in frame outside the store – can be seen pulling the woman off the clerk. It is not clear whether he knew any of the people involved.
Despite the scuffle, the woman goes back to the refrigerator and retrieves another 12-pack of hops – this time selecting Heineken instead of the Pacifico she originally took.
The Arco store is located on a busy intersection in Los Angeles, California
It was sealed off as law enforcement investigated the matter Wednesday evening
She takes another moment to shout at the worker.
The clerk, a man in his 30s, was found ‘conscious and breathing’ after law enforcement was called to the store, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Tony Im.
He was places on a gurney and sustained ‘lacerations and abrasions’.
KTLA reports law enforcement is looking for two women and one man, all African-Americans in their 20s.
LAPD are asking anyone who may have information about the suspects to come forward anonymously.