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Mob of looters who struck LA AutoZone twice in 24 hours pictured by police

Nypost · · 395 words · By Daniel Farr
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Add The California Post on Google Police are hunting for 16 suspects after a mob of alleged looters struck an East Los Angeles AutoZone twice in a 24-hour period.

Common ground

The suspects allegedly forced their way into the store on South Atlantic Boulevard at around 3:30 a.m.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Detectives had already appealed for help identifying 11 suspects from the first break-in when authorities announced the search for an additional 16.”
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Multiple sources confirm that police were already seeking 11 suspects from the first break-in before announcing the search for 16 additional suspects.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Lee "Sonny" Burton Jr. (born November 20, 1950) is an American convicted murderer who had previously been on death row in Alabama for the murder of a patron during a 1991 robbery case prior to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total…
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Claim 2: “Police are hunting for 16 suspects after a mob of alleged looters struck an East Los Angeles AutoZone twice in a 24-hour period.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that police are searching for 16 additional suspects after an East LA AutoZone was hit twice in a short period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the 1970s, several deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have formed internal gangs in which membership is exclusive to certain sheriff's deputies, often along ethnic lines, an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. The LASD is the large…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles officially known as Central City East. Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the Unit…
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Claim 3: “The East LA chaos was part of a broader weekend of disorder in which two separate street takeovers erupted into fires and looting in East Los Angeles and the Gramercy Park neighborhood.”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results to support the claim regarding fires and looting in the Gramercy Park neighborhood specifically.
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Claim 4: “The suspects allegedly forced their way into the store on South Atlantic Boulevard at around 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 9, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department”
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Two independent web sources explicitly state that suspects forced entry into the store on South Atlantic Boulevard around 3:30 a.m. on August 9, citing the LASD.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South Atlantic states form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau. This region, U.S. Census Bureau Region 3, Divisi…
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Claim 5: “At a second street takeover the next night, more than 100 vehicles swarmed the intersection near the store”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'more' and does not contain any factual reporting on the number of vehicles at a street takeover.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of MORE is greater. How to use more in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — MORE definition: in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number. See examples of more used in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — More or less means ‘mostly’, ‘nearly’ or ‘approximately’. We use it in mid position (between the subject and main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb).
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/more
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Claim 6: “The criminal free-for-all unfolded alongside street takeovers near Olympic and Atlantic boulevards.”
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Multiple sources link the AutoZone lootings to street takeovers occurring near Olympic and Atlantic boulevards.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City-Ha…
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Claim 7: “Break-ins were also reported at AutoZone stores in Watts, Downey and Long Beach amid street-takeover activity across the Los Angeles area that weekend.”
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Multiple independent sources report that AutoZone stores in Watts, Downey, and Long Beach also experienced break-ins during the same weekend.
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web search NEUTRAL — Suspect with long dark hair, wearing a pink crop top and a denim mini skirt, holding a phone.Break-ins were also reported at AutoZone stores in Watts, Downey and Long Beach amid street-takeover activi…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/08/20/mob-of-looters-wanted-after-ran…
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web search NEUTRAL — LOS ANGELES - Multiple AutoZone stores in East Los Angeles and South Los Angeles were broken into and ransacked over the weekend of August 8–9, 2026, following illegal street takeovers, according to t…
https://www.smobserved.com/story/2026/08/10/news/autozone-st…
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web search NEUTRAL — Break-ins were also reported in other AutoZone stores such as in Watts, Downey, and Long Beach during the same weekend as the back-to-back raids in East Los Angeles.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/us-news/autozone-ransacked-in-…
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Claim 8: “At least $50,000 in merchandise and three cash registers were reportedly stolen.”
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The claim that at least $50,000 in merchandise and three cash registers were stolen is confirmed by a cross-reference and multiple independent web sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The thieves reportedly took more than $50,000 worth of tools, car batteries, automotive accessories, and other merchandise, along with three cash registers.However, it is unclear whether authorities h…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/two-los-angeles-takeo…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least $50,000 in goods and three cash registers were reportedly stolen. Break-ins were also reported at AutoZone stores in Watts, Downey and Long Beach amid street-takeover activity across the Los …
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web search NEUTRAL — The AutoZone employee who was behind the register at the time of the robbery appeared on Zoom, and recounted two men and a woman entering the AutoZone and asking where the stereos were.
https://davisvanguard.org/2021/05/alleged-yolo-robbers-steal…
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Claim 9: “That attack began around 2:22 a.m. on Aug. 8, when one person allegedly smashed the store’s glass entrance doors and 10 others poured inside.”
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While other sources confirm the store was hit twice, the specific details of the first attack (2:22 a.m. on Aug 8, one person smashing doors, 10 others entering) are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, although the general event is corroborated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AutoZone, Inc., doing business as AutoZone (and formerly known as Auto Shack from 1979 to 1987), is an American retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories, the largest in the United Stat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AutoZone Park is a Minor League Baseball stadium located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and is home to the Memphis Redbirds of the International League, the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Basebal…
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