Teens on bikes steal from supermarket near USC, hurl homophobic slurs at couple

""We heard someone yell, 'Oh, they're stealing,' it almost sounded comedic.""

""An alarm can be heard ringing inside the store on Benson's cellphone recording.""

""The teens started to make homophobic comments, prompting the couple to confront them.""

A group of around thirty-six bike-riding teenagers engaged in a spree of shoplifting at a supermarket near USC, as part of a troubling trend of similar incidents across Los Angeles. Witnesses reported the teens stealing beverages and causing chaos inside the store, prompting a security guard to use pepper spray. The situation escalated when the teens, after leaving the store, directed homophobic slurs at an unsuspecting couple who had witnessed the incident. The couple’s response was to confront the teens, prompting further exchange of slurs.

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