Scores of young people took part in a vandalism spree in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night, leaving damage and questions in their wake.
The melee was captured on video, and police are now trying to identify suspects. The incident marked another troubling incident as downtown tries to recover from the pandemic.
“I hope that they face some type of fines or at least jail time. I don’t know,” said Teddy Lee, owner of DTLA Window Tint, whose store cameras captured men wearing baseball caps and T-shirts casually approaching his business with spray cans and vandalizing it.
Here is what we know based on Times reporting.
A large crowd took over several streets in downtown Los Angeles.
(OnScene.TV)
What brought the crowd to downtown L.A.?
Police say hundreds of people showed up for an illegal rooftop concert spanning two parking lots in downtown Los Angeles, with a group of them later spilling out into the surrounding neighborhood.
According to police, there were reports of a large disturbance and the owner of the vacant warehouse confirmed that the group was trespassing on Saturday night. A punk band played on top of one of the warehouse-style buildings that was being used without the owner’s knowledge.
“The events had been widely advertised on social media,” said Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Lillian Carranza.
A large crowd took over several streets in downtown Los Angeles, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
(OnScene.TV)
What exactly happened?
Police say hundreds of people showed up for an illegal party in downtown Los Angeles, with a group of them later spilling out into the surrounding neighborhood
The crowd was first noticed at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Maple Avenue.
Some were dressed to party, wearing pink platform heels and cat ears, according to video shot by news outlet OnScene.TV. A man gulped from a jug filled with a flammable liquid that he spat onto a torch, throwing…