UPDATED: Search for robbery suspect forces closure of 210 Freeway in Arcadia

ARCADIA — Three fleeing armed robbery suspects briefly forced the closure of the 210 Freeway Saturday, officials said.
Authorities chased the robbers from San Bernardino County before the chase came to an end on the freeway at Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia police Lt. Bob Anderson said.
Two of the three suspects were in custody as police from several area agencies continued hunting for the third late Friday, the lieutenant said.
The manhunt closed the 210 Freeway in both directions from about 9:55 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimball said. 
The Baldwin Avenue onramps and offramps remained closed through 11 p.m. as San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies and local police searched for the outstanding robbery suspect, he added.
The incident began just after 8 p.m. in Rancho Cucamonga with an armed robbery at a Walgreens pharmacy on Carnelian Avenue, San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman said.
“Two black males robbed a clerk at the store,” she said. They fled the scene in a vehicle, but a witness was able to provide a description.
“The CHP observed a vehicle on the 210 (that matched),” Bachman said. The car failed to pull over for the officer and began a chase westbound on the freeway.
The suspects exited the freeway at Baldwin Avenue and continued to flee on foot, Anderson said.
Two of the three were quickly apprehended, but the third eluded immediate capture, he said.
All freeway lanes and offramps were open late Saturday night as officials continued hunting the third suspect.
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