Armed robbery reported at West Covina department store

WEST COVINA -- Two robbers pulled a handgun on a store security guard who confronted them while stealing a trash bag full of merchandise from a department store late Friday, police said.

A security guard at Ross, 2753 E. Eastland Center Drive, noticed two men walking toward the exit with a trash bag full of goods just before the store's 10 p.m. closing time, West Covina police Lt. Marty Sevilla said.

One of the men pulled a revolver, pointed it at the guard and told him something in Spanish, Sevilla said.

The robbers then got into a waiting four-door, gray compact car with a third man at the wheel, he added.

Police described the robber who carried the trash bag as a Latino man in his 20s, wearing a black jacket and a dark-colored baseball cap. The gunman was also a Latino man in his 20s, wearing a blue Dodgers jersey with the number "323" written on the back and a dark-colored baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to call the West Covina Police Department at 626-939-8500. Tips can also be left with the department's 24-hour anonymous tip line at 626-939-8688.