Police say someone stole about $1 million in jewelry in a heist Friday afternoon outside this Macy's in Van Nuys. (KTLA-TV) |
VAN NUYS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Robbers stole an estimated $1 million in jewelry that was being delivered Friday to a store in the Westfield Sherman Oaks shopping mall, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating the afternoon robbery, which took place when a vehicle was making a delivery to a jewelry store. The robbery occurred outside the mall in a parking structure and the thieves got away.
Just as the delivery vehicle came to a stop, two men jumped out of a silver BMW sedan, smashed delivery vehicle's back window, grabbed a container holding the jewels, got back into the BMW and drove away, LAPD officials said.
The men, described as between 25 and 35-years-old, got out of the BMW, one brandishing a gun, the other breaking a back window in the jewelersÂ’ car and snatching the goods, the Los Angeles Times reported.
No one was reported injured.
The Los Angeles Police Department was investigating the afternoon robbery, which took place when a vehicle was making a delivery to a jewelry store. The robbery occurred outside the mall in a parking structure and the thieves got away.
Just as the delivery vehicle came to a stop, two men jumped out of a silver BMW sedan, smashed delivery vehicle's back window, grabbed a container holding the jewels, got back into the BMW and drove away, LAPD officials said.
The men, described as between 25 and 35-years-old, got out of the BMW, one brandishing a gun, the other breaking a back window in the jewelersÂ’ car and snatching the goods, the Los Angeles Times reported.
No one was reported injured.
