Police in San Francisco are searching for multiple suspects after they were caught in a viral video running out of a Neiman Marcus store with “several tens of thousands of dollars” worth of stolen items and fleeing in getaway cars.

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“Officers arrived on scene and met with the victim who stated that multiple suspects entered the store, grabbed merchandise and fled the scene in multiple vehicles,” said Michael Andraychak, a police spokesman. “During the incident the suspects damaged glass cases and other store property. … {snip}”

SFPD confirms this shoplifting incident at Neiman Marcus in Union Square at about 5:49 pm.

A man I spoke w/tonite says his wife works in area, saw it happen & sent me this video which is circulating online.

Handbags at Palo Alto NM were also stolen in a similar fashion in May pic.twitter.com/KOSY8sbaGO

— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) July 6, 2021

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In Palo Alto alone, over $100,000 in handbags have been stolen from another Neiman Marcus location as well as a Louis Vuitton store in nearly identical incidents, according to NBC Bay Area.

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