Current Events > "Car crash robberies" are now a thing

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZULUCkb98I&t=0s

Fucking terrifying. They followed the dude and set all this up to intentionally crash into him and knock him off the road, then swarm on him in masks w/ weapons to rob him before getting away in another car involved in "the hunt".

https://abc7.com/los-angeles-10-freeway-intentional-crash-robbery/13977943/

Footage shot by a witness shows the suspects -- each wearing dark clothing and hooded sweatshirts -- exiting a minivan and running toward a wrecked and smoking car on the right shoulder. The driver of the car is seen kneeling with both hands in the air.

The robbers appear to ransack the victim's car as a man standing nearby appears to record the crime on his cellphone.

The theft happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after the driver of a black Dodge Caravan "intentionally crashed" into a black Alfa Romeo sedan on the eastbound 10 Freeway near Arlington Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP Officer Roberto Gomez said what caught people's attention was when the incident happened: in the middle of the afternoon.

One witness, who didn't want to be identified, shot video of the incident and talked to Eyewitness News. He said the incident seemed like a targeted robbery, and that the attackers had been chasing the black car for a while.

"It seems they knew what he had in his car. I felt really bad for him. I thought it was over for him. He did the right thing. He put his hands up, he let them take what they took," the witness said. "That's the safest way he could've done it."

the witness recorded an FBI robbery

they'll probably disappear next

They robbers abandoned their minivan and left in a getaway car. I think the victim was not only targeted, but heavily researched. The robbers needed to be pretty damn confident that their haul would not only be worth the risk, but worth leaving their original car (even if the minivan itself was stolen, police recovering it could lead to evidence helping to identify these guys).

Yeah, this doesn't seem like a situation that you should be overly worried about.

I mean, it is alarming though.

I doubt many criminals have the resources to do this and you have to know your haul will be (extremely) valuable. Talking at least $10K+ worth of value in your score.

YoBlazer posted...

They robbers abandoned their minivan and left in a getaway car. I think the victim was not only targeted, but heavily researched. The robbers needed to be pretty damn confident that their haul would not only be worth the risk, but worth leaving their original car (even if the minivan itself was stolen, police recovering it could lead to evidence helping to identify these guys).

I'm pretty sure BOTH of their cars were stolen.
Car thefts have been on the rise in general, it's likely they used stolen cars for this so they couldn't be tracked afterwards.

This is the weirdest timeline

maybe the robbers have been playing too much GTA

Shoot, that's a lot of faith that you'd be able to steal more then a running minivans worth

Sounds like some shit that happens in Brazil.

definitely targeted. wonder who the guy is. some CEO? rival drug dealer?