VIDEO: Woman with pickaxe shoplifts at Rite Aid in Venice

A shocking video shows a bizarre scene at a store in Venice involving a woman carrying a pickaxe.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a robbery at a Rite Aid in the 800 block of Lincoln Boulevard.

The video, shared by John Mahaffey, shows a woman walking around the store with a pickaxe and a shopping cart and cussing people out. 

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Detectives say she stole an unknown amount of merchandise from the Rite Aid.

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She also allegedly threatened employees who tried to take her basket.

As of Thursday morning, police were still searching for the pickaxe-wielding suspect. No one was hurt in the bizarre incident.

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