Yellow Lamborghini getaway car leads to quick arrest of violent robbery suspects

Suspects wanted for pistol-whipping and robbing two people outside a smoke shop in Los Angeles’s Fairfax District were found in relatively quick fashion Thursday night after they were found driving in a yellow Lamborghini.

The four suspects were allegedly involved in an assault and robbery at a smoke shop on Melrose Avenue that involved 12 men and at least two vehicles, according to police.

The suspects lured two victims to a smoke shop with the promise of filming a music video around 9 p.m., Los Angeles police told news station KABC. The shop was in the 7200 block of Melrose Avenue, police said.

The suspects then pistol-whipped and robbed the two victims, cutting one in the head and knocking some of the other’s teeth out, according to KABC. The suspects made off with jewelry and firearms in two vehicles — a black BMW sedan and a yellow Lamborghini Urus, the station reported.

Police were able to find the Lamborghini about 30 minutes later in the San Fernando Valley. When officers tried to pull the vehicle over, a chase began. The Lamborghini headed into Ventura County, and police captured the suspects in a gated Moorpark community, about 45 minutes after the chase started. The California Highway Patrol and Ventura County Sheriff’s Department assisted in searching for the suspects, while the LAPD took the suspects into custody.

The four men were arrested on suspicion of robbery, according to the LAPD. Police recovered a 9-millimeter handgun that was taken from the victim as evidence, according to authorities, but there was no additional information about what else was stolen.

The suspects in the black BMW have not been caught.