Video shows 2 men smashing car windows, stealing valuables at Hollywood apartment complex
HOLLYWOOD - Surveillance video taken overnight shows a car driving around a parking lot at a Hollywood apartment complex as two men broke windows and rummaged around in parked vehicles.
Multiple vehicles were damaged and burglarized in the incident, which was first reported to police just before 2:30 a.m. Friday. Police received a call about someone breaking into cars on Hillcrest Court, just south of Washington Street.
When officers arrived, they learned that one of the residents confronted the car burglars and at one point fired their gun, according to police.
The car burglars ran off. No injuries were reported. Stray bullets hit a car in the parking lot across the street and shattered a window.
"This is rough. I have never, in the few years I've been here, seen anything like this," said one man.
A woman who works as an overnight nurse had her purse stolen. It had her credit cards, Social Security card, cash, and personal information. She said she was notified that someone was using her credit cards.
Police advise against leaving anything valuable, like a wallet or purse, inside a vehicle overnight.