A small business owner is asking for help identifying two thieves who posed as customers and stole over $100,000 worth of rings and other items from his Orange County jewelry store.

On Sept. 17, a man and woman walked into OC Diamond Estate Jewelry on Glassell Street and asked owner Samy Soliman to see some of his more expensive pieces. 

Soliman thought they seemed like normal customers, “They were well-dressed, and they really have expensive jewelry on them,” he recounted to KTLA’s Chip Yost.

Serving the customers, Soliman said he got some boxes of the more expensive jewelry that he thought might interest them. 

“Then my phone rang,” explained Soliman. “I left the boxes for a second. She pulled one of the boxes out, put it on the seat slowly. I didn’t notice because I can’t see her because of her boyfriend in front of my eyes.”

When Soliman got off the phone, the woman engaged him in conversation while the man put the box in his pants, covered it with his T-shirt and walked out. 

“I didn’t see nothing till when I’m putting the stuff away, I am missing a box,” said Soliman.

Soliman said the thieves got away with dozens of some of his most expensive jewelry.

“It’s stealing, and simply enough, it’s ruining my life for a long time,” shared Soliman. “Because even if I make this much money in the past three, four years, it’s gone. So it’s a big loss.”

The store’s Instagram account posted security footage of the theft, asking followers and other viewers to help find the couple.

Anyone with information or who can help identify the man and woman in the video is encouraged to contact the Orange Police Department.

A street takeover left at least a half dozen vehicles smashed and a man possibly armed with a gun was taken into custody in the Broadway-Manchester area of South Los Angeles early Monday morning.

A man armed with a firearm was reported just before 3:45 a.m., and he was taken into custody near Colden Avenue and San Pedro Street just before 4 a.m., according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison. It’s unclear if firearms were located, Madison added.

Nearby at about the same time, a street takeover of unknown size resulted in at least one vehicle barrelling down a South Los Angeles street, smashing into about a dozen vehicles before fleeing the scene, police said.

It’s unclear if the allegedly armed man and the street takeover were connected, but witnesses told KTLA’s Kimberly Cheng that a stolen Infiniti that crashed into the vehicles trying to evade police. Madison said this was not a police pursuit.

Cheng added that six cars with visible damage were still on the street later Monday morning, two of which belonged to one neighbor who asked to remain anonymous.

“I think they’re going to be a total loss,” she said.

Further details were not immediately released.

Nancy Fontan and Sofia Pop Perez contributed to this report.

Officials are investigating a fatal shooting in San Pedro, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Police said a report of shots fired near 7th Street and Grand Avenue came into the station around 4:38 p.m. on Sunday.

Footage from the scene shows a large law enforcement response and a white canopy set up in the area – which is generally used to cover a victim while police scour the area for evidence.

Additionally, authorities cordoned off the area as detectives worked to gather information and redirect traffic around the intersection.

So far, police have not released a suspect description and it’s unclear if any arrests have been made. 

No information as to the victim’s identity or a motive for why they may have been fatally shot was provided.