Luxury stores including Nordstrom and Louis Vuitton targeted in a spate of smash-and-grab robberies by gangs up to 80-strong

• Thieves have ransacked several luxury stores across the United States in the past week.
• On Saturday night, a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, California, was looted by 80 thieves, police said.

Luxury stores, including a Nordstrom and two Louis Vuitton stores, have been plundered across the US in recent days.

The latest robbery took place on Saturday night at around 8:46 pm, when dozens of people entered a Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek, California, KPIX 5 reported.

Walnut Creek Lt. Ryan Hibbs told the outlet that approximately 80 individuals ran into the store and began stealing goods and smashing shelves.

About 25 cars blocked the street as people rushed into the store, according to NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez.

Videos posted on social media showed masked thieves fleeing the scene carrying bags.

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Lt. Ryan Hibbs told the outlet that officers stopped one vehicle and arrested a man and woman inside. A third suspect was caught on foot and arrested.

He said that one firearm was recovered from one of the suspects.

Brett Barrett, who works at the P.F. Chang's restaurant across from the Nordstrom store, witnessed the incident.

"I probably saw 50-80 people in like ski masks with crowbars, a bunch of weapons," he told KPIX 5. "They were looting the Nordstrom."

"There was a mob of people," he continued. "The police were flying in. It was like a scene out of a movie. It was insane."

The Nordstrom robbery is the latest targeting of luxury stores across the country by groups of thieves this week.

A Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco was also targeted on Friday night, ABC7 News reported.

One video posted on social media shows the smashed storefront and empty shelves inside the store.

Another video shows a thief fleeing the store with an armful of clothes and police arresting people who were trying to escape in a car.

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Police said that they arrested eight suspects and that a number of businesses in different parts of the city were also hit, including a cannabis dispensary and a Walgreens, NBC Bay Area reported.

Similarly, on Wednesday, 14 suspects entered a Louis Vuitton store in Oakbrook Center Mall, west of Chicago and stole $100,000 worth of merchandise, FOX32 reported.

Authorities said the attack was strategic and coordinated, occurring when the armed guard took a short afternoon break.

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