A 'flash mob' of looters ransacked California 7-Eleven in a 'street takeover,' police say. Now cops want to stop the crime tactic from becoming a new trend.

• Cops said a mob of looters broke into a 7-Eleven in California this week.

• The LA police want to stop the crime tactic before it becomes a bigger problem.

• There were a lot of people in the store on August 15.

A worker at a convenience store in California was afraid for his life when a mob of looters took over the store in a video.

Local police want to stop the crime tactic before it gets worse.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the raid took place at a store in Los Angeles at around 12:50 a.m.

There was a "street takeover" at the intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and Figueroa Street before people rushed into the 7-Eleven, according to police.

The police department said that cars flooded the street to create a pit in the middle of the intersection.

The spectators formed a flash mob of looters and rushed into the 7-Eleven.

It turns into a mob mentality. The reporters were briefed on Thursday.

Dozens of people ran amok through the aisles and stole a lot of goods from the store.

"There was one employee that was working at the time, and they feared for their life, and basically just kind of did what they could and retreated back away from everyone," he said.

There were more than 100 people inside the store.

The looters fled the store before police arrived.

The public may be able to help identify those involved in the video.

"They're going to be held accountable for the actions they've taken, and they're facing charges of grand theft, loot, and vandalization," he said. "We really want to prevent this from becoming a new trend where they think they can show up and take over a street or a freeway or any part of the city and do what they want."

The detective said that they were here to say that wouldn't happen.

There have been street takeovers and flash mob incidents in the Los Angeles area.

The Los Angeles Times reported in November that groups of people descended on stores to steal items before Thanksgiving. The Wall Street Journal reported in December that a number of stores had been hit by similar crimes.

It's a big problem.

The term "flash mob" was first used to describe a large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then are dispersed by means of the internet or social media, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The department said that flash mobs have turned from fun to criminal.

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