An AutoZone in South Los Angeles was damaged into early Saturday morning close to a reported avenue takeover, police mentioned.
The incident follows two comparable break-ins earlier this week and final month at South L.A. AutoZones, by which crowds ransacked the shops throughout attainable avenue takeovers close by.
Throughout the latest incident, which occurred round 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police acquired calls stating that dozens of automobiles have been within the intersection of Century Boulevard and Central Avenue doing burnouts whereas tons of of individuals watched, LAPD public data officer Jeff Lee mentioned.
Across the identical time, calls got here in reporting folks breaking into an AutoZone close to the intersection. Callers mentioned that at the least among the males have been carrying ski masks, that they got here from the road takeover crowd and that as many as 50 folks have been inside the shop taking gadgets, Lee mentioned.
Lee mentioned police responded to the blocked intersection and AutoZone incidents, inflicting crowds to flee.
Lee mentioned there have been no arrests for the AutoZone housebreaking, and he had no data on injury to the shop or what was taken. Lee mentioned there additionally have been no studies of arrests through the avenue takeover.
He mentioned detectives are investigating the housebreaking and will likely be reviewing surveillance and social media footage.
