Police are searching for four suspects involved in a smoke shop robbery that also led to a pursuit across two counties late Thursday night.
The events began around 11 p.m. when the two victims were lured to the Hubci Smoke Shop on the 7200 block of Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles by a group of men claiming they wanted help recording a music video.
The victims were then attacked by eight male suspects who punched, kicked, and pistol-whipped them before taking off with their jewelry and two firearms.
It was unclear if the victims were hospitalized after the attack but one was reported to have lost several teeth and the other suffered a head laceration.
The suspects fled the scene in a black BMW and a Yellow Lamborghini before police arrived but the Lamborghini was spotted a short time later.
The driver did not pull over for a traffic stop and instead led Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol officers on a 45-minute pursuit through the San Fernando and Simi valleys before heading into Ventura County and coming to a stop in a gated community in Moorpark.
Two suspects were taken into custody after they were allegedly found in the shed of a nearby home. It was unclear how the suspects got into the gated community or if the Lamborghini was stolen.
Two more suspects were later arrested near the original crime scene.
No further information was available about the black BMW or the four suspects who remain on the loose.
