Employee Pepper-Sprayed During Smash-And-Grab At Concord's Sunvalley Mall, Police Say

CBS Bay Area

May 14, 2026

Police in Concord said they are searching for several suspects following a smash-and-grab robbery at a mall Wednesday afternoon, in which an employee was pepper sprayed.

Shortly after 12:15 p.m. officers were called to the Sunvalley Shopping Center following reports of a possible shooting. Officers went to the Piercing Pagoda kiosk on the upper level of the mall.

According to a preliminary investigation, four suspects wearing hoodies and gloves used hammers to smash a display case and steal jewelry. During the smash-and-grab, a worker at the kiosk was pepper sprayed.

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