NORWALK — Two robbers forced their way into a home improvement store early Sunday and ordered an employee to open a safe at gunpoint, authorities said.
A manager arrived at Lowe’s Home Improvement, 14873 Carmenita Road, about 6 a.m. to open the store, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Glen Emery said.
The two robbers, one of whom was armed with a handgun, “barged their way in and had (employees) turn the alarms off,” he said.
Emery said the robbers then forced the manager to open a safe before locking him and another employee in an office.
The robbers fled out the back of the store with an undisclosed amount of cash, he said.
Officials initially described the robbers only as two black men who were both wearing sunglasses.
Detectives continued their investigation Sunday afternoon.