Video: Beverly Hills Jewelry Store Hit In Smash and Grab Robbery

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Brazen robbers smashed their way into a Beverly Hills Jewelry store, making off with a fortune in jewelry Tuesday afternoon as dazed onlookers watched.

Witnesses reported seeing five robbers in hoodies and surgical masks pull up next to Luxury Jewels of Beverly Hills at South Beverly Drive and Charleville Boulevard. They got out of stolen car and used sledgehammers to shatter the store's windows, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department.

The robbery was recorded by bystanders.

Police were searching for the five suspects and did not immediately say what was taken or how much it was worth.

The store's owner Peter Sedghi told KTLA the thieves likely absconded with jewelry valued in the millions of dollars.

“It literally sounded like gunshots, so I told my staff, I yelled out, ‘everyone down on the floor,'” Sedghi said. “I grabbed my gun and I came running out.”

A neighbor told ABC7 he tried to stop the robbers.

"I look outside, I see, there are five guys with sledgehammers, axes, hammers, they're banging on the window," Wesley Aframian told ABC. "I gave one a nice kick, he lost his balance, he was falling over, and he started running...I pushed him on the street. He dropped a couple of the watches I was able to recover."

The thieves abandoned their vehicle got away in a white Audi, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call the Beverly Hills Police Department at 310-285-2125.

City News Service and Patch Staffer contributed to this report.