PASADENA — A man wearing a plastic Batman mask along with three other masked accomplices robbed a liquor store of cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets Wednesday night.
Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema said two of the suspects were seen with guns during the takeover robbery at Sunshine Liquor, 3360 E. Colorado Blvd.
Officers later caught the alleged driver and recovered the getaway car but the other suspects escaped.
The robbery happened about 7 p.m.
Hettema said there were two customers in the store when four masked robbers entered the business.
“They pointed guns at them,” he said.
The robbers took off with cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes.
Hettema said a witness was able to get a partial license plate number for the suspects’ car. He said an officer then later spotted the vehicle on Marengo Avenue, north of Washington Boulevard.
Four people got out and ran.
Police closed off the surrounding streets and used dogs and a helicopter during the search
The four suspects still missing were described as being in their 20s, standing between 5 feet 5 inches to 6 feet tall and possibly black men. They were clad in gray and black hooded sweatshirts.
– From Staff Writer Ruby Gonzales