A group of alleged looters confronted store owners bearing guns, insisting they be let inside the establishment.
Fox 11 recorded the situation unfold in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday as a group of six people argued with store owners, who were holding long guns, about breaking into the store. The store owners, good Samaritans, and journalists all tried to flag down police as they drove by the scene.
“There’s a standoff here arguing about why they can’t break into the place,” a Fox 11 reporter said during the broadcast.
Police soon arrived but appeared to confuse the looters with a group of people helping the store owners, allowing the group of six to run off while attempting to detain the community members who were assisting with protecting the store. The anchor described the situation as “surreal.”
