In a brazen attempt to steal his watch in crime-ravaged Los Angeles after exiting a Beverly Hills jewelry store, two bandits, one of whom was carrying a gun, ambushed and beat up a man entering his Ferrari.
The violent attack was captured on video, which showed the assailants thrashing an unidentified victim in a pool of blood before fleeing.
event comes as shifts The county, led by progressive District Attorney George Gascon, continues to battle escalating crime rates, especially robbery, burglary and carjacking.
A brazen robbery attempt was caught on video Friday in Beverly Hills, Calif., that shows two thugs attacking a Ferrari owner
The victim was punched and beaten with a pistol after refusing to hand over his watch to the attackers who ambushed South Beverly Drive.
After encountering resistance, the perpetrators (pictured left) fled the scene
According to police, an attempted burglary took place after 3 pm on Friday in the 200 block of South Beverly Drive.
The man, who was allegedly victimized, had exited a nearby jewelry store and was on his way to his black Ferrari parked outside an optician when he was surrounded by two robbers.
The viral video shows an assailant punching a man and hitting him with a pistol.
The blood-soaked victim managed to stop the thugs from taking their watch before fleeing.
The unnamed victim is seen in a screenshot lying injured in the middle of the road, just steps from his luxury car
Eyewitnesses rushed to the man’s aid and helped stop the bleeding from the head wound before the doctors arrived
A small crowd gathered at the scene as the police laid siege to try and catch the robbers
In the recording of the phone, the victim is seen lying injured on the middle of the road. Good Samaritans run to his side and do first aid, one of them is seen with a towel covered in blood.
L’Optique owner Garin Oganin described an ‘awful sight’.
“I tried to go out and get involved and help, basically try to help the guy,” she said Fox 11, ‘The minute I tried to do that, I saw that one of them had a gun and I thought it would make things worse if someone intervened.
‘Shortly after, everyone started shouting that he had a gun, and people ran. They were basically trying to steal his watch. It’s a trend here in Beverly Hills.
Police said the two robbers managed to capture despite the police setting up a perimeter around the crime scene.
Witnesses said one of the robbers escaped, while the other jumped into the waiting car and fled.
‘I want to assure the community that all measures are being taken to keep our community safe. “This evening, we have police officers on high alert,” Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Steinbrook said in a statement.
LA County DA George Gascon is facing a second recall attempt after being accused of being soft on the offense
As of Monday morning, no arrests have been announced in connection with the attempted violent robbery.
Beverly Hills, which is home to Hollywood celebrities and luxury stores, has been the scene of several brazen robberies and robberies in recent months.
By the end of 2021, robberies and serious assaults in the city of 34,000 people were 13 and 23 percent higher, respectively, than in the previous year.
In January 2022, Beverly Hills saw six robberies, 29 burglaries and 81 burglaries.
The leaders of Beverly Hills have come out against DA Gascon, who has been widely criticized as soft-on-crime, for displaying what is perceived as undue leniency toward suspected criminals.
The progressive prosecutor is currently facing a second recall vote, after the first attempt to oust him last year failed, despite receiving support from LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and victim rights advocates.