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LAPD Releases Footage of Bikini-Clad Suspect’s Donut Shop Robbery Attempt

The footage highlights LAPD’s transparency by revealing a taser deployment on Christopher Hall following a confrontation with shop staff.

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Overview

  • The video shows Christopher Hall entering the Winchell’s in Harvard Heights on May 30 wearing a green bikini and brandishing a gun and knife.
  • Employees confronted Hall by throwing cash and ramming him with a food cart while a bystander hurled a chair as he fled.
  • Officers tracked Hall through nearby streets, discharged one shot that missed and then used a taser to subdue him.
  • Police recovered an airsoft replica handgun and a knife from Hall at the scene of his arrest.
  • Hall was booked on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon and suffered only minor injuries.