A Group Of Thugs Try To Rob A Hardware Store In Seattle By Ramming Through With Their Car, Security Gate Foils Their Plot

SEATTLE, Wash. — A group of people used a car to ram the front doors of Maple Leaf Ace Hardware in Seattle on Tuesday morning, then used tools in an attempt to bash through the metal security gate behind the glass storefront.

Store surveillance cameras show four people in two cars involved in the attempted break-in. A black Lexus SUV with no license plates was used to reverse into the shop’s front entrance, while someone driving a white Nissan idled on a side street.

After the Lexus rammed the doors twice, three people stepped out of the car and a man holding a drilling hammer walked up and began bashing out the rest of the glass. However, a locked metal gate kept them from getting inside. The video shows them making several attempts to break the lock and slide the gate open but ultimately they were unsuccessful and drove off in the two cars.

“It was a lot of noise and a lot of activity and there's still a lot of traffic on this road late at night,” said Jeremy Cooper, a clerk at Maple Leaf Ace Hardware. “I think time-wise with that red gate it became too long to be worthwhile."