Two fast food joints in West Valley held up

Gunmen held up a Pizza Hut last night, jumping the counter and taking almost a few hundred bucks from the register. It went down at 10 last night at 23717 Victory Blvd. It looks like it might be connected to a robbery at a Kentucky Fried Chicken at 19200 Ventura Blvd., in Tarzana on Sunday. Yeah, you read it right. A Sunday. The men apparently bought some food in both cases, then pulled out a blue steel pistol and demanded cash. In the KFC heist, the men made off with a couple thousands dollars, said Los Angeles Police Detective Larry Dolley.

In the pizza caper, the men also ordered food and when they went to pay, approached a clerk working the cash register, while one man pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. A second man jumped the counter and took the money out of the register before taking off. Nobody was injured.

Both men were described as black. One was 5 foot 6, 200 pounds, aged 20-25. He had a quarter-inch scar under his right eye. The second guy is 6 foot 2, 160 pounds, 20-25-years-old. He had a blue steel pistol. No getaway car was seen.