Video of insanely brazen shoplifting at California Sears store goes viral

Richmond police are investigating a shoplifting incident at the Hilltop Mall Sears in Dec. 2019. Richmond police are investigating a shoplifting incident at the Hilltop Mall Sears in Dec. 2019. Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Video of insanely brazen shoplifting at California Sears store goes viral 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

A video of the world's most brazen shoplifters at Richmond Hilltop Mall in California has been viewed by over 5 million people on Twitter.

The video, posted by Vick Mendoza — whose Twitter bio says he lives in Richmond — shows three individuals fleeing the Sears store with their arms full of clothing. One person has so many clothes, they can't see over the stack.

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A man in a blue shirt is seen trying to stop one of the shoplifters; they briefly scuffle before the shoplifter pushes past him and out the doors.

"This really just happened at Sears at Hilltop," Mendoza wrote on Dec. 10.

The video quickly became a viral sensation, with nearly 30,000 retweets and over 105,000 likes as of Thursday morning.

this really just happened at Sears at Hilltop pic.twitter.com/YZ5i2zFcRQ — Vick™ (@v1ck_mendoza) December 11, 2019

"We don’t comment on police investigations involving our stores," a Sears spokesperson wrote in an email to SFGATE. "We’re pleased that no associates or customers were injured during the robbery."

Richmond police confirmed to KTVU's Henry K. Lee that they were investigating the theft.

Katie Dowd is an SFGATE Senior Digital Editor. Email: katie.dowd@sfgate.com | Twitter: @katiedowd