Viral video shows woman driver go on erratic rampage during carjacking in Los Angeles, citizens tackle suspect

A California woman went on a haphazard rampage after stealing a car in Los Angeles. Viral video of the frightening scene shows the stolen vehicle slamming into other cars and nearly bulldozing onlookers in the parking lot.

Around noon on Friday, a thief attempted to rob a 75-year-old woman of her purse at a shopping plaza in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Agoura Hills. The robber pulled the woman from her car and threw the elderly woman to the ground. The thief then jumped into the car and attempted to flee the crime scene in the stolen vehicle.

The victim's daughter told KABC-TV, "The woman came up from behind her, and just grabbed her purse and knocked my mom to the ground. Immediately, the woman then got into my mom's car."

The woman driver slammed into at least six other vehicles. During the vehicular rampage, the female motorist had the driver-side door nearly snapped off after crashing into another car. The stolen car also smashed into a brick wall.

The viral video – with more than 2.4 million views on Twitter – shows bystanders screaming at the carjacker to "get out of the car." Men are seen attempting to get into the stolen vehicle.

Witness Fidel Rodriguez said, "I look out the window and I see this car racing through the parking lot. Hit a Tesla, then hits a Ford, then hits another car. And then people are trying to stop her. She wasn't stopping."

Tow truck driver Elbery Morales added, "There were so many cars that got damaged. They just came to the market to buy some groceries - and when you come out your car is banged up."

After ping-ponging into several vehicles, the carjacked vehicle finally stopped after getting stuck on the curb. The carjacker attempted to run away, but onlookers tackled her and detained her until police arrived. The citizens bound the carjacker's hands with a bandana and tied her shoelaces together.

Rodriguez recalled, "She jumps out the car and some of the people from the grocery store, they basically tackled her right there by our ATM."

The Lost Hills Sheriff's Station said on Facebook, "Deputies arrived and saw citizens detaining a female white in her 20’s, identified as the suspect."

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials explained that the car was difficult for the suspect to maneuver because it was still equipped with an anti-theft device on the steering wheel.

Both the suspect and the elderly woman who was robbed were treated for minor injuries.

A similar situation with a stolen vehicle happened last week in Washington, D.C. However, the carjacker stole a Jeep with police directly in the area.

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