(FOX40.COM) — A Sacramento convenience store manager is fighting for thieves and disrupters to be held accountable after dozens of kids ransacked Power Inn Chevron’s shop, along Folsom Boulevard, on Thursday night.

Store Manager Shailesh Chand showed FOX40 security footage that revealed how the store transformed within a second from a place of peace and snacks to sheer chaos and destruction.

“They feel that they can just walk in any store and pick up things and throw things and do whatever they can do and run away,” Chand said.

The footage began with some apparent students heading into the store, but things rapidly escalated.

“It was just one employee out here,” Chand said. “They all do their hard work and try to survive while working here.”

Dozens of young people poured in and took claim over the business. Chand explained how the teens destroyed large quantities worth of merchandise, created a potentially hazardous environment and damaged the property. He said the cashier was frightened — not knowing how far the teen-turbulence would go. He tried to remain calm and called 911.

“The crowd was trying to throw candies at him,” Chand said.

Bags of chips flew through the air and a thunder storm of candies and sodas whirled through the shop. Chand said these disruptive incidents happen all too often and pointed out how their is a major difference between a large crowd going into a store and a large crowd stealing from and destroying merchandise. He added the shop has had to replace the door twice within the past six months.

“People who do all these things, they tend to be hostile, also aggressive, because they can be, like, throwing things in here,” Chand said.

He said he is ready for people who target small shops to be held accountable. The store manager said with gas prices still on the rise, working at the shop and making a living is hard enough without added trouble.

“With the current fluctuations of gas price, it’s kind of hard to survive in this business,” Chand said. “We are suffering loss already because people are now watching gas prices and are moving, so we are missing customers.”

The Sacramento Police Department said this was not the first incident reported that night involving what is believed to be this same group of teens. While officers did not respond to the Chevron scene — as a formal report has not yet been filed — Chand urged anyone who may recognize the people in the video to remind them that their actions can have an impact on fellow community members.

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