HUNTINGTON BEACH – About 80 people were detained and two men were arrested in a flash mob style robbery late Saturday night in Huntington Beach, police said.

Huntington Beach police received a call from a witness 11:08 p.m. regarding a strong-arm robbery occurring at the 7-Eleven at 706 Pacific Coast Highway, Officer Jennifer Marlatt said.

The witness said a very large group went into the store stealing items while others in the group pushed and shoved the clerk, she said.

Marcos Rodriguez, an employee in 7-Eleven’s asset protection department, said Sunday only one worker was on duty when 16 people entered the store. Some of them made off with at least $1,000 in merchandise but didn’t take any cash, he said.

The worker was not injured and the store remained closed until 1:35 a.m. Sunday.

The group then got onto a private party bus that drove north on Pacific Coast Highway. Officers stopped the bus a short distance away, Marlatt said.

There were about 80 people on the bus, requiring Huntington Beach police to request assistance from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Seal Beach and Laguna Beach police departments, she said.

Seven loaded handguns were recovered on the bus. During the investigation, officers arrested Isiah Bryant, 21, of Los Angeles and Wynzel Worthan, 18, of Compton on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy. They were booked into Huntington Beach Jail.

All other passengers on the bus were interviewed and released. The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are possible, Marlatt said.

The bus, owned by LPB Inc. based in Whittier, was boarded by the group in Nickerson Gardens, a public housing complex in Watts, said Marlatt.

A man who answered the phone at LPB Inc. on Sunday and declined to give his name said the bus had been sold, but he could not say to whom.

LPB Inc. was denied a Transportation Charter Class B Certificate in December 2014, according to the California Public Utilities Commission.

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