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A group of men attacked a 69-year-old woman in broad daylight in Hancock Park, cutting off her Rolex watch and gold bracelet.
Authorities are still looking for the suspects in connection to the robbery that happened at 12:45 p.m. on Oct. 30 in an alley behind shops located on La Brea Avenue near 4th Street, according to KTLA. In hopes of finding them, police released a surveillance video of the harrowing attack.
In the footage, the woman can be seen getting out of her car when a black BMW pulls up and three men quickly get out and surround her. Two of the men pin her down on her car while a third cuts off her Rolex and gold bracelet from her wrist. The valet there tried to stop the men from driving away.
The surveillance video can be seen here at the 0:19-minute mark:
The woman was not seriously injured, but did have some cuts to her arm.
Police believe the men may have followed her from the nearby Orchard Supply Hardware where she was shopping before the attack.
Authorities are looking for four suspects. They described them as white or Hispanic, with each of them around 6 feet tall and about 220 pounds. Their car is a mid-2000s black BMW 740IL with paper plates.
Police urge anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or text the number 274637 with a cellphone.
