Viral video shows violent attack on hot dog vendor outside mall in downtown LA

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Amber Frias, as published by NBC Los Angeles (KNBC) · June 23, 2026 · 1 min read

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A video making the rounds on social media showing a violent attack on a hot dog vendor outside a mall in downtown Los Angeles last week is now part of a police investigation. In the video from June 15, a woman is seen squirting what appears to be sauce onto hot dogs cooking on the vendor’s gri...

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Byline on source page	Amber Frias, as published by NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)
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Source published	Jun 23, 2026
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