A group of armed robbers wearing ski masks rammed a car off the road before taking “whatever they could” from the back of the car and fleeing the scene. The group forced an Alfa Romeo sedan off the eastbound I-10 Freeway in California with a Dodge Caravan minivan.
Once the victim, who has not yet been identified by authorities, was immobilized with no means of escape, a group armed with hammers and crowbars set about ransacking their car, CBS News reports. When they had everything they wanted, they jumped into a white Chevrolet Malibu that was parked alongside the victim’s car and sped off.
In footage of the incident obtained by CBS News, the victim is seen kneeling on the ground with one attacker standing over him. CBS News reports:
In video captured by a witness and obtained by KCAL News, the driver of the Alfa Romeo is seen standing in front of his disabled vehicle. As the four men in ski masks approach, he lifts his arms and drops to his knees.
“I feel like they knew who he was. They knew what he had. As soon as he knew he couldn’t get away, he did the next best thing: he put his hands up and let them take, or allegedly take whatever they could. … They ransacked something, and they took off,” said John, a witness who recorded the incident and did not want to be identified.
Despite the group crashing into the Alfa Romeo and a red Ford Mustang that was also on the road at the time, the LA Times reports that nobody was injured in the ordeal.
So far, the California Highway Patrol reports that no arrests have been made in connection with the robbery. The agency reports that the assailants were last seen fleeing the scene in a white Chevrolet Malibu that fled the scene and headed east on the I-10.