LOS ANGELES _ A woman barged into the Kardashians' clothing boutique in West Hollywood on Thursday, pulling out a revolver and pointing it at the sales staff before returning later with a machete.
About 11:30 a.m., the woman entered Dash, pointed a handgun at an employee and shouted, "Stay away from Cuba," according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. She then knocked items off a counter and pointed the gun at a second employee, mumbling incoherently before she left.
Deputies, with the help of a police helicopter, conducted a "thorough search" to locate the woman, described as about 5 foot 10 and 170 pounds, with blond hair and a bandanna tied around her forehead. They couldn't find her.
About two hours after her first visit, the woman returned to the shop wielding a 14-inch machete. She paced back and forth outside the exclusive Melrose Avenue store, shouting and waving the machete.
Photographers covering the gun incident captured images. She then wedged the machete into the front doorway and left, walking west on Melrose Avenue toward La Cienega Boulevard.
A second search was conducted, but again, the woman wasn't found. Investigators are examining security video of the incidents in an effort to identify the woman.
Last year, a passerby called 911 and reported seeing a man throw a "lit object" through the store's front-door window.
The attack broke the door's glass but didn't cause any significant damage inside. When deputies arrived to investigate, they found the "heavy object" smoldering inside the store, but nothing else had been burned.
