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Caught on camera: Looters flee as officers drive up to Sacramento store

Caught on camera: Looters flee as officers drive up to Sacramento store
TARGET DURING THIS PROTEST. WALTER: I’M NOT SURE IF WE CAN TAKE YOU LIVE, BUT WE ARE SEEING LOOTERS ON THE CORNER OF 17TH AND J OUTSIDE THE BEVMO STORE. WE SAW PEOPLE CLIMBING OUT OF THE STORE. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND VICKI GONZALES. PHYLLIS IN WITH WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. VICKI: WE SAW SOME LOOTING AT BEVMO. LAW-ENFORCEMENT JUST PULLED UP. WE ARE BACKING UP. PEOPLE ARE NOW FLEEING OUTSIDE OF THE BEVMO. THE BLACK TRUCK THAT PULLED UP HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE SAW EVERYONE SCATTER OUTSIDE OF BEVMO AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE, AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WENT IN FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW HERE OFF OF J AND 17TH. WE ARE WITH A BIG CROWD OF PEOPLE. KELLY WRIGHT IS STILL SHOOTING. THINGS ARE ESCALATING HERE. DEIRDRE: THAT IS VERY OBVIOUS. WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING WHAT YOU CAN. KEEP US UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING. ARE YOU OK? VICKI: WE ARE FINE. YES, WE ARE FINE. SORRY, THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. ALL OF THIS KIND O HAPPENED. THIS IS THE SITUATION. WE HAVE LAW-ENFORCEMENT HERE. BEFORE WHEN WE WERE HERE IT WAS INDIVIDUALS GOING INTO THE BEVMO TAKING ITEMS OUT. WE SAW A BLACK TRUCK PULL OUT QUICKLY. OFFICERS GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AS YOU CAN SEE THEM NOW AS KELLY WRIGHT IS SHOOTING. THERE IS INTERACTION AND A CONVERSATION HAPPENING. JUST PAN OVER THERE. THAT LOOKS TO BE THE OWNER, OR SOMEONE WITH BEVMO CLEANING UP THEIR ESTABLISHMENT, THEIR BUSINESS AS ALL OF THIS IS TAKING PLACE. HE IS PRESSING ON, CONTINUING TO CLEAN AS PEOPLE ARE STEALING FROM THE BUSINESS. LAW-ENFORCEMENT IN CHINA TO STOP THIS. AS THERE IS A CONFRONTATION GOING ON. IT’S A SURREAL SIGHT. DEIRDRE: IN SO MANY WAYS IT’S A SURREAL SIGHT RIGHT NOW. WALTER: THAT BLACK TRUCK WE ARE LOOKING AT IS WHAT WE INITIALLY SOUGHT AS WE CAME OUT TO VICKI. THEY PULLED UP AND MADE THE CORNER FROM ONTO 17TH. WE SAW LAW-ENFORCEMENT GET OUT OF THE CAR. WE SAW PEOPLE LEAVING THE BUILDING. VICKI: THERE IS MORE ACTIVITY. DEIRDRE: WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO BACK OFF. WE WANT YOU AND KELLY TO BACK OFF FROM THEIR. RE. DEIRDRE: YOU BACK OFF. WE ARE BACK UP ON CHOPPER. YOU ARE WATCHING LAW ENFORCEMENT HEADING DOWN THAT DIRECTION. THEY ARE GOING INTO THE AREA. THIS IS THE BEV IN THE MIDTOWN PART OF SACRAMENTO, WHICH WAS
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Caught on camera: Looters flee as officers drive up to Sacramento store
A KCRA 3 crew was on scene as a group of looters was ransacking the BevMo in midtown Sacramento. As the looting was happening late Sunday night, police drove up in a pickup truck with guns drawn and the looters fled the area. This same BevMo was looted Saturday night.Warning: This video contains graphic language.

A KCRA 3 crew was on scene as a group of looters was ransacking the BevMo in midtown Sacramento.

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As the looting was happening late Sunday night, police drove up in a pickup truck with guns drawn and the looters fled the area. This same BevMo was looted Saturday night.

Warning: This video contains graphic language.