80 Looters in Ski Masks with Weapons Ransacked San Fran Nordstrom; Police Warn More Attacks Coming

A horrifying scene occurred at a Nordstrom retail store just outside of San Francisco Saturday night. As much as 80 looters “swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, assaulting employees, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing in several vehicles waiting for them on the street” reports CBS San Francisco.

Unfortunately, there is indication that more chaos could come. The Walnut Creek police said in a community advisory posted around 3:30 pm on Sunday to social media, that they are “actively monitoring intelligence that indicates the group of thieves who stole from the Broadway Plaza Nordstrom last night are considering similar activity later today.”

In a Sunday morning news release, authorities said “Walnut Creek police investigators are in the process of reviewing surveillance footage to attempt to identify other suspects responsible for this brazen act.”

One of the managers at the P.F. Chang’s restaurant across from the store described the lawlessness: “I probably saw 50-80 people in like ski masks with crowbars, a bunch of weapons…they were looting the Nordstrom.”

“There was a mob of people…police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane…I had to start locking the front door…Locking the back door….it was crazy…all the guests inside were getting concerned. It was a scary scene for a moment.”

Three suspects have been arrested. One 18-year-old Oakland man and two people from San Francisco, ages 30 and 32. Police seized a gun from one of the suspects. The male was charged with robbery, possession of stolen property, conspiracy to commit burglary and possession of burglary tools. The female was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.”

“Stolen property from the looting and a firearm was recovered from their vehicle” reported the local CBS station.