Wild safety footage captures a jewelry-store proprietor taking pictures at a crew of masked robbers and chasing them out of his store and into the streets of Madera, Calif. — however not earlier than they made off with $170,000 in gems.
5 seasoned criminals carrying black masks and gloves stormed into Olivia’s Wonderful Jewellery round 5:30 p.m. Thursday, smashing its instances’ glass to swipe the jewels in a “meticulous” plot, authorities stated.
Video reveals a retailer clerk pushing one of many thieves again over a counter, inflicting his pants to fall down.
Moments later, the shop proprietor seems with a gun, firing pictures on the masked gang, which then flees, cops stated.
Safety footage from exterior the shop reveals the proprietor speeding exterior after them and persevering with to fireplace into the road. It’s unclear if any of the criminals had been struck.
The thieves fled with their bounty in a darkish sedan, in accordance with the Metropolis of Madera Police Division.
“It’s stunning to the conscience,” police Sgt. Blake Quick advised ABC 7.
“It’s scary to the [shop-owning] household as a result of it’s a mom-and-pop retailer, with household being your personal staff, it’s your personal enterprise and your livelihood.”
“This was positively meticulous,” Quick added of the heist. “It was thought-out. It didn’t look like a primary time for these people.”
The investigation is ongoing and cops are looking for the suspects who ditched their getaway automobile exterior metropolis limits.
