A ‘flash mob’ of looters ransacked California 7-Eleven in a ‘street takeover,’ police say. Now cops want to stop the crime tactic from becoming a new trend. A still image from surveillance footage showing hordes people ransacking and vandalizing a 7-Eleven in California on August 15. Los Angeles Police Department A massive "flash mob" of dozens of looters ransacked a 7-Eleven in California this week, cops said. LA police are hoping to put a stop to the crime tactic before it becomes an even bigger trend. Video of the August 15 chaos shows dozens inside the store running amok through the aisles. A massive "flash mob" of dozens of looters ransacked and vandalized a 7-Eleven in California this week in a caught-on-video "street takeover" that caused a worker inside the convenience store to fear for his life, authorities said. And now local police want to stop the crime tactic before it becomes an even bigger trend. The mayhem unfolded on Monday at around 12:40 a.m. at the store in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department , which later released surveillance footage showing the raid. Police said that shortly before throngs of people rushed into the 7-Eleven, a "street takeover" was "initiated" outside the shop at the intersection of Figueroa Street and El Segundo Boulevard.