Welcome to our guide on completing The Gangbanger Robbery in The Chop Shop DLC. This new robbery mission tasks players with breaking into the Mission Row Police Station to free King Tiny and steal a valuable Gran Turismo Ommaggio. In this guide, we’ll walk you through each step of the robbery, from the initial scope out and preparatory missions to the final jailbreak and vehicle theft. We’ll also provide tips on completing all the bonus challenges to maximize your cash rewards.
You can start these robberies once you purchase the Salvage Yard business in GTA Online. You can only do three robberies per week. Once you’ve completed all three robberies, you must wait a week before doing them again.
Each robbery also has a set of bonus challenges, with each one rewarding players with $10,000, as well as an additional $20,000 for completing all three bonus challenges. In total, players can earn $50,000 for the completion of bonus challenges ($10K + $10K + $10K + $20K).
Scope Out: Mission Row Police Station
You can start the scope out mission by accessing the computer from the Salvage Yard.
In this scope out mission, you are directed to go to the Mission Row Police Station and take pictures of three different points of interest.
When you get to the vantage point, get on an elevated surface where the ventilation unit is so you can have a better look at the points of interest you need to capture.
Point of Interest 1
The first point of interest is the police chopper on your left. Zoom into it and take a picture.
If you’ve taken the picture correctly, you will get an option to send it to Jamal. Do that, and it will be registered as your first point of interest.
Point of Interest 2
The second point of interest is the ventilation unit you see on the rooftop of the Mission Row Police Station. You can see a small blue arrow indicating what you need to take a picture of.
However, the ventilation unit on the right won’t be registered as you’re too far away from it. To take a picture, you need to get closer.
Stand by the ventilation unit and then take a picture of the ventilation unit on top of the police station. You don’t have to take it from an angle above it.
Point of Interest 3
The third point of interest is the rear exit. Go to the Mission Row bridge and look down towards the rear exit.
Return to the Salvage Yard to complete this scope out mission.
Tasks
Tasks are mandatory preparatory missions that you must complete in order for your robbery to go through. You also get some optional tasks, but you can skip those if you’re not interested in them, as they have little to no effect on your robbery.
The tasks are found on the map in your free roam lobby. A green duffle bag indicates them.
You will see a green highlighted circle when you get to the task location.
Task 1: Getaway Vehicle
Once you’ve carried out the jailbreak, which is the first part of the robbery, you need a getaway vehicle to escape the cops and deliver King Tiny to Los Santos International Airport.
Although we have a trick where you won’t even use this vehicle, it is a mandatory mission and must be completed to proceed with the robbery. We will get to the trick later. It is optional, but it will make your life much easier.
For the getaway vehicle, when you start the mission, you will be asked to break into a garage and steal the vehicle.
When you’re inside the garage, eliminate all the enemies. Take cover by the boxes or the toolbox and start shooting.
Once you’ve taken them all out, you can choose the vehicle you’d like as your getaway vehicle. There are multiple options to choose from, and it doesn’t really matter which vehicle you choose.
As stated before, choosing a vehicle for us is not an issue as we won’t use it during the jailbreak. However, we selected the Annis 300R sports car.
When you’re in your getaway vehicle, exit the garage and drive it to one of the three marked locations on the map.
You will find some enemies trying to chase you. You can ignore them as long as you focus on driving to one of the three marked locations.
You can choose any of the locations as all of them are near the station.
Ultimately, if you want to use this vehicle as a getaway vehicle, this is the best spot to stash it.
Once you’ve stashed the vehicle, leave the area to complete this task.
Task 2: Weapon Stash
In this task, you need to head inside an Ammu-Nation and look for a duffle bag with some weapons.
The unmarked weapons will be indicated on your minimap when you get close enough.
Collect the weapon stash and go to the police station to stash them there.
When you go through the automatic sliding door, you will see a suspicion bar at the bottom-right corner of your screen.
You need to be quick about it. Quickly get to the dumpster, stash the weapons, and leave the place.
Once stashed, leave the area to complete this task.
Task 3: Stun Guns
One of the bonus challenges of this robbery is to ensure you don’t kill any cops. And that is done by incapacitating the cops using stun guns.
When you start this task, you must search a parking lot for a security vehicle.
It is hard to miss the vehicle. You need to search the yellow highlighted area for this “Patrol” vehicle.
Deliver the stun guns to your Salvage Yard to complete this task.
Task 4: Masks (Optional)
The masks play little to no role in this robbery and are completely optional.
Essentially, all you need to do is to go to the mask shop at Vespucci Beach and purchase any mask set for this robbery to complete this task.
Planning Work
Planning work is the main preparatory mission you must complete to proceed with the robbery. Similar to the tasks, you get one or two mandatory planning works and an optional one that will make the overall robbery easier for you.
Planning Work 1: Police Maverick
In this mission, you need to steal a Police Maverick to sneak into the Mission Row Police Station. You can get a random location for this mission. But the concept is the same.
We got St Fiacre Hospital. But to find the location with the Police Maverick, you must go to the Weazel News Building first.
When you get to the Weazel News Building, you need to hack a signal box outside the building.
Hacking the signal box is the same as you’ve done during the Cayo Perico heist and many others. You need to link the numbers on the left to the symbols on the right to get the target number at the top.
But linking the numbers to the symbol isn’t random. There is actually an easy way to solve this. You’re basically multiplying the numbers. Each symbol represents a multiple. Remember the following:
- ‘φ’ multiplies by 1
- ‘≠’ muliplies by 2
- ‘x’ multiplies by 10
Once you’ve successfully hacked the signal box, you will get one of the locations where you can steal the Police Maverick from.
When you get to the hospital, you need to park slightly awake from the destination. For some reason, the cops easily detect you when you get close enough with a vehicle.
Be careful of the security cams as well. Watch out for their cones of vision. Avoid them and continue going up. The pathway to the top is linear, so you don’t have to worry about navigating too much. Just avoid the cops as you go up.
However, a much faster way would be to land on top of the rooftops next to the Maverick and steal it. But that is if you’re landing on the rooftops directly.
If you try to reach the Maverick while already detected by the cops from the get-go, it will be very difficult as the cops are really aggressive. You will keep dying before you can reach the Maverick.
Whenever you’re climbing ladders, keep an eye out on your minimap to keep track of the cones of vision of the security cameras.
Speaking specifically about St Fiacre Hsopital, stick to the right side of the rooftops and continue moving forward.
You will eventually reach a final set of ladders to your left with some cops and another security camera to your right.
As soon as you get inside the Maverick, you will get a 3-star wanted level.
Fly high into the air and avoid the cops until you’ve lost them.
Planning Work 2: Tactical Gear
In this planning work, you must steal a riot van containing tactical gear. The riot van is in a lockup, surrounded by a lot of enemies.
First, take out all the enemies outside when you get to the location. If you have an Oppressor Mark II, you can quickly take them out using your homing missiles.
If you have an Armored Kuruma, that can also keep you safe while you take the enemies out.
When you enter the lockup, take the stairs to the lowest level and you will find more enemies guarding several riot vans. You need to check each one of them for tactical gear.
If the riot van has tactical gear, it will have metallic securing. The one without the tactical gear will be empty with nothing in it.
Deliver the riot van to your Salvage Yard to complete the mission.
Planning Work 3: Disrupt Equipment (Optional)
This optional mission can help make the final robbery mission easier. It is a timed mission, so we recommend using either an Oppressor Mark II or a Buzzard.
Completing this mission will essentially decrease the number of police officers inside the police station during a robbery.
First, you need to make your way to the LSPD lockup and destroy the first set of equipment. When you get to the lockup, you will find some cops outside.
Take out the cops inside and use explosives (such as a sticky bomb, grenades, or an RPG) to destroy the LSPD equipment.
Once destroyed, you need to find the location of the rest of the equipment. You can do this by looking for a clipboard inside the lockup.
After getting the list, you should still have around 7-8 minutes to get to the rest of the equipment. There are three more locations where you must destroy the LSPD equipment.
The Gangbanger Robbery
Now that we’re done with the preparation, we can proceed with the robbery or the finale. Go to your computer at the Salvage Yard, and you will now have the option to ‘Start Robbery.’
First, go to where you’ve parked your Police Maverick and get into it.
Fly to the Mission Row Police Station and land on the rooftops.
When you’re here, quickly take out the cop on the rooftop using your stun gun.
After that, climb on top of the ventilation units and throw gas grenades through the vents.
You can also see a green arrow indicator on top of them. Once you’ve thrown the gas grenade through all four of the vents, you will get a cutscene of a cop coming out of the police station through the rooftop door and passing out.
Go through the door and take the stairs to the lowest level. When you get inside the police station’s main lobby, you need to look for cell keys.
The cell keys can be in several different places and are random every time you play this mission.
The locker room is to the left as soon as you go through the door at the lower level.
Once you’ve acquired the cell keys, go through the double doors on the left and head down the stairs to the basement.
You will find one or more police officers (depending on whether you completed the optional disruption mission) and continue moving forward and you will come across a computer next to a locked jail cell security door.
Once you’re through the door, look behind you as some more cops will show up.
Take them out and then use the cell keys to unlock King Tiny’s cell.
Wait for King Tiny to unlock the door ahead and continue moving towards the rear exit.
Head outside through the door and collect your stashed weapons.
After collecting the weapon stash, destroy the control panel by the sliding door.
Then, head back inside the station. Go deeper and stay there until you’ve lost the wanted level. Yup, that’s right. You don’t have to run around the city to lose the cops.
Once you’ve lost the cops, head outside through the rear exit and turn left.
You will find your getaway vehicle stashed not too far away. You can use it to take King Tiny to LSIA.
However, you can use your CEO ability to call in a Buzzard and fly King Tiny to LSIA for a faster mode of transport.
Remember to enter the yellow highlighted area on foot with King Tiny to successfully deliver him to the rendezvous point.
Now, you will have the location of the gang hideout with the main target of this robbery: the Gran Turismo Ommaggio.
Make your way to the gang hideout, which is also a random location every time you do this mission. However, the main mission structure is always the same.
Once you find a window, get inside the vehicle and drive off.
Deliver the vehicle to your Salvage Yard to complete this robbery mission.
Selling the Vehicle
After the robbery’s completion, you can either sell the vehicle to Yusuf or salvage it for quick cash. If you salvage it, you will get less amount (20% decreased value).
But if you sell it to Yusuf, you must drive the vehicle to the port. Similar to how you deliver the Simeon vehicles. You get the maximum cash for selling it to Yusuf.
Be careful not to hit the car anywhere as you drive it to the port.
Cash Reward
- Selling to Yusuf: $395,000
- Salvaging Parts: $316,000
Bonus Challenges
The following are the bonus challenges covered in this robbery:
- No Cop lives lost: $10,000
- Jailbreak in 3 Minutes: $10,000
- King Tiny has 75% health:$10,000
- All Challenges Complete: $20,000
Total bonus reward: $50,000.
Feel free to check out our guides on how to complete The Podium Robbery, The Duggan Robbery, The Cargo Ship Robbery, and The McTony Robbery with all the bonus challenges.
