
03/14/2025
Two people were arrested Thursday night for allegedly robbing two videographers at a fake music video set at a Los Angeles smoke shop then leading authorities on a pursuit, police said.
Officers responded to the Hubci smoke shop on Melrose Avenue around 9 p.m. The suspects had lured the videographers to the location under the impression that they would be filming a music video, according to police.
When the videographers arrived, the suspects held them at gunpoint and pistol-whipped them, taking off with fi****ms and jewelry, police said. One of the victims lost several teeth while the other suffered a cut to the head.
The suspects then took off in two separate vehicles - a yellow Lamborghini Urus and a black BMW. Police said they tracked down the Lamborghini about 30 minutes later in the San Fernando Valley and a chase ensued, lasting about 40 minutes before it was handed off to California Highway Patrol officers in Ventura.
Eventually, Ventura County sheriff’s deputies took two suspects into custody in Santa Rosa Valley, while the suspect or suspects in the black BMW remain at large. Police believe there were eight suspects total, and one of them is believed to be Lil Zay Osama, a rapper from Chicago.