Watch As Dozens Of Thugs Terrorize And Loot A 7-Eleven In Rio Linda California

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released video, hoping to identify dozens of people who smashed windows at a Rio Linda 7-Eleven and ransacked the store earlier this month.

The smash-and-grab robbery at the convenience store occurred about 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the 7-Eleven on the southwest corner of Elkhorn and Rio Linda boulevards.

Sgt. Amar Gandhi, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said the “looting” occurred at the store after a sideshow that had taken place nearby with about 40 to 50 people.

Sideshows are gatherings in which groups of drivers illegally take over intersections, city streets, stretches of busy freeways and parking lots to do tricks with their cars, including burnouts and doughnuts.

Gandhi said the suspects “terrorized” the store as they smashed the large front windows and the glass front doors, even though the 7-Eleven was open for business at the time. He said at least one employee, not shown in the video, was cowering in a corner of the store to avoid injury. No injuries were reported.

“This was straight-up looting,” Gandhi said Friday. “This is not simple shoplifting.”