ALTADENA — Two robbers held up two hikers at gunpoint Wednesday in a vehicle turnout near Eaton Canyon, authorities said.
The crime occurred about 2:10 p.m. at a turnout along Altadena Drive, just north of Roosevelt Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Angela Shepherd said.
The robbers, described only as a Latino man and a white man, used a handgun during the robbery and stole a backpack, a cell phone and an empty wallet from the victims, Shepherd said.
The victims, a man and woman, were not injured, officials said.
The robbers were last seen fleeing on foot, official said.
Deputies set up a search perimeter, Shepherd added, but the robbers were not found.