Armed robbery reported at gas station in Santa Fe Springs
SANTA FE SPRINGS -- Two men used a handgun to rob both a gas station and a customer late Friday, police said.
The crime was reported about 9:55 p.m. at a Chevron gas station in the 11400 block of Telegraph Road, just east of the 605 Freeway, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The suspects were described only as black men wearing hooded sweat shirts. One of them carried a pistol.
After snatching a customer's wallet from the counter, the robbers went behind the counter with the clerk and demanded the register be opened, Solorza said.
The clerk complied, and the robbers helped themselves to the cash before fleeing, he said. No getaway car was seen.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Whittier Police Department, which patrols Santa Fe Springs.
The crime was reported about 9:55 p.m. at a Chevron gas station in the 11400 block of Telegraph Road, just east of the 605 Freeway, Whittier police Lt. Carlos Solorza said.
The suspects were described only as black men wearing hooded sweat shirts. One of them carried a pistol.
After snatching a customer's wallet from the counter, the robbers went behind the counter with the clerk and demanded the register be opened, Solorza said.
The clerk complied, and the robbers helped themselves to the cash before fleeing, he said. No getaway car was seen.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Whittier Police Department, which patrols Santa Fe Springs.
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