In less than 30 seconds, a group of thieves stole several thousand dollars worth of handbags from a popular upscale consignment store in Washington, D.C.
Surveillance video shows four men wearing dark-colored hooded sweatshirts walk up the stairs at Secondi on Connecticut Avenue NW near Dupont Circle.
One of the suspects quickly shatters a display case with a hammer and another grabs three Hermès bags out of the case.
Two women stood by in shock.
"It was very scary," one employee said. "The scariest part was we heard a bang and we thought it was a gun."
Secondi owner Caitrine Callison says the store just celebrated 33 years of business.
"This is the first time anything like this has happened to us," Callison said.
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Callison said an hour before the robbery, the suspects walked through the store and cameras captured their faces.
"Hopefully police are doing their job. I have faith in the DCPD, that they will find these guys," an employee said.
