Three gunmen fire shots, rob customers at Van Nuys McDonald's; police respond

Three gunmen fired shots inside a McDonald’s restaurant in Panorama City during a robbery Thursday night, Los Angeles police said.

“No one was injured during the 8:20 p.m. robbery at the fast-food restaurant in the 9100 block of Van Nuys Boulevard, said Officer Jason Lee, an LAPD spokesman.” Officer Lee also told reporters that “the gunmen robbed customers as well as the restaurant cash register, Lee said.”

Police accounts say the robbers fired into the ceiling before leaving the restaurant. “The robbers apparently fired into the ceiling before escaping with an undisclosed amount of money, police said,” the Los Angeles police statement reported. The supplied coverage does not include any suspect descriptions, vehicle information, or arrests.

Law-enforcement dispatch logs and local CrimeRadar reporting list a robbery at a McDonald’s location near Victory Boulevard in the Van Nuys neighborhood on February 18, 2026, and show the incident was logged as a possible robbery in progress. The dispatch entry text supplied to reporters is incomplete in the excerpt, and it does not include a responding-unit code or incident number in the materials provided.

The published accounts differ on neighborhood labeling and precise location. The Los Angeles Times excerpt places the restaurant in Panorama City at the 9100 block of Van Nuys Boulevard, while dispatch logs describe a McDonald’s near Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys. The available excerpts do not reconcile whether these references point to the same store address.

Separately, ABC7 reported a home burglary and assault in Van Nuys that occurred around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Victory Boulevard and Whitman Avenue. ABC7 said, “Police say the homeowner walked in while two armed suspects were burglarizing the home. They assaulted the homeowner and then got away. The victim suffered minor injuries.” That residential incident is presented in the supplied excerpts as distinct from the McDonald’s robbery and is not connected in the material provided.

Available reporting does not include a statement from McDonald’s corporate or the local franchisee, nor does it supply surveillance stills, a confirmed cash-loss figure, or a police incident number. The LAPD spokesman’s comments supply the time, injury status and the fact that customers and the register were robbed, but the excerpts do not say whether firearms were recovered or whether detectives have released further details.