SHOCKING CCTV footage shows the moment a woman was kidnapped  from a shop in Los Angeles.

Cops say the suspect abducted the 28-year-old shop assistant from a convenience store just before 3pm yesterday.

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The unidentified woman was able to escape her attacker but not before being beaten up and hospitalised.

She was discovered at a cemetery in North Hollywood reports .

Cops responded to a silent alarm activated at the shop on Decker Avenue in the Southwestern area of LA.

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On arrival the officers learned a kidnapping had occurred and then released the surveillance tape of the kidnapping.

Authorities say the kidnapper and the abductee are not known to one another.

Witnesses said the suspect  forced the victim into the vehicle and fled southbound on Denker Avenue.

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Police identified the suspect as Jose Eduardo Gaxiola Caro, a 29-year-old Latino with black hair and brown eyes.

Caro was taken into custody in Burbank after a short pursuit, police said.