AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE. SACRAMENTO. BUSINESS OWNER SAYS HE FELT HELPLESS AFTER A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG KIDS RANSACKED HIS STORE. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS DOZENS FLOODED THE STORE, TRASHING AISLES AND GRABBING WHATEVER THEY COULD. KCRA 3’S CORTEZ WALKS US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALL CAME IN THE STORE. THEY STARTED MESSING UP WITH THE GOODS, THROWING THINGS HERE AND THERE AND GRAB WHATEVER THEY CAN GRAB. A SWARM OF KIDS TURNING A QUICK STOP AT THE GAS STATION INTO PURE CHAOS. MAYBE IT COULD BE OVER 25 TO 30 PEOPLE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE GROUP RUSHING INTO THE CHEVRON GAS STATION ON POWER INN ROAD AND FOLSOM BOULEVARD, OVERWHELMING THE STORE IN SECONDS, ITEMS FLYING OFF THE SHELVES, AISLES COMPLETELY TORN APART. STORE MANAGER SAYS. SOME EVEN STOLE MERCHANDISE BEFORE RUNNING OUT THE DOOR. HOW DOES THIS MAKE YOU FEEL WATCHING THIS? PRETTY SAD MAN. GIVEN THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE GUY COULD DO, HOW WOULD HE FEEL LIKE WITH SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE MAKING A MESS, THROWING OUT THERE? BY THE TIME I WAS AT THE DOOR, THEY ALL STARTED. YOU KNOW, I SAID, I’M CALLING THE COPS BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE TOO MANY. I CANNOT HANDLE YOU GUYS. SATISH CHANDRA, THE ONLY WORKER THAT NIGHT CALLED 911. I CALLED HIM ABOUT 804. RIGHT. THEY SAID THE POLICE ARE ON THE WAY. YEAH. THEY SAID RIGHT. AFTER TEN MINUTES, I CALLED 819. I CALLED THEM BACK. I SAID, HEY, WHAT’S GOING ON? WHAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO? THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT TELLING KCRA IN A STATEMENT AT THE TIME, THE CALLER WAS ADVISED THAT OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO AND HANDLING A RELATED CALL IN THE 200 BLOCK OF BICENTENNIAL DRIVE INVOLVING A GROUP OF JUVENILES CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. POLICE ADDING THAT THE CALLER TOLD DISPATCHERS THAT THEY WEREN’T EXPECTING OFFICERS TO REACH OUT TO THEM. WE JUST KIND OF SITUATION. THEY IT’S MORE OF LIKE A FEAR TO THEM NOW. SAYS THEY ARE FOCUSED ON ACCOUNTABILITY HOPES. ANOTHER SITUATION LIKE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE ARE DOWN ON GAS SALES RIGHT NOW. OUR HOPE IS MERCHANDISE AND WE ARE HAVING A LOSS OF BIG LOSS OF MERCHANDISE IN THIS WAY. SACRAMENTO. SCORTEZ. KCRA. 3 NEWS. THE STORE MANAGER SAYS RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE SEVEN SECURITY CAMERAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE STORE AND SAYS WITH MORE PEOPLE CUTTI
Chaos erupts as swarm of juveniles ransack Sacramento gas station
More than a dozen youths caused chaos at a Sacramento Chevron gas station, stealing merchandise and overwhelming the store, prompting a call to police.
Updated: 7:45 PM PDT Mar 22, 2026
A group of more than a dozen youths stormed a Chevron gas station at Power Inn Road and Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento Thursday night, creating chaos and stealing merchandise, prompting a call to police.Surveillance footage captured the group rushing into the store, throwing items off shelves and tearing apart aisles.Store manager Shailesh Chand said, “They all came in the store and started messing up with the goods, throwing things here and there and grab whatever they can grab.” Satish Chandra, the only worker present that night, called 911 for assistance.”By the time I was at the door, they all sort of knew. So I’m calling the cops because you guys have too many. I cannot handle you guys,” Chandra said.He reported calling the police at 8:04 p.m. However, police never arrived at the gas station.The Sacramento Police Department stated that at the time of the call, officers were responding to a related disturbance involving juveniles in the 200 block of Bicentennial Drive. The department noted that the caller at the Chevron did not expect to be contacted by police.Chand expressed concern about the situation, saying, “With this kind of situation, there is more of, like, a fear to it, you know.”He emphasized the importance of accountability and hoped such incidents would not recur.”We are down on gas sales right now. Now, our hope is merchandise, and we are having a loss, a big loss of merchandise in this way,” Chand said.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A group of more than a dozen youths stormed a Chevron gas station at Power Inn Road and Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento Thursday night, creating chaos and stealing merchandise, prompting a call to police.
Surveillance footage captured the group rushing into the store, throwing items off shelves and tearing apart aisles.
Store manager Shailesh Chand said, “They all came in the store and started messing up with the goods, throwing things here and there and grab whatever they can grab.”
Satish Chandra, the only worker present that night, called 911 for assistance.
“By the time I was at the door, they all sort of knew. So I’m calling the cops because you guys have too many. I cannot handle you guys,” Chandra said.
He reported calling the police at 8:04 p.m. However, police never arrived at the gas station.
The Sacramento Police Department stated that at the time of the call, officers were responding to a related disturbance involving juveniles in the 200 block of Bicentennial Drive. The department noted that the caller at the Chevron did not expect to be contacted by police.
Chand expressed concern about the situation, saying, “With this kind of situation, there is more of, like, a fear to it, you know.”
He emphasized the importance of accountability and hoped such incidents would not recur.
“We are down on gas sales right now. Now, our hope is merchandise, and we are having a loss, a big loss of merchandise in this way,” Chand said.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel