PASADENA >> A convenience store clerk is recovering from a gunshot wound this weekend as police continued seeking two men who shot him during a robbery late Friday.
The clerk, a man in his 50s, suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder and was hospitalized in stable condition following the 7 p.m. crime at Pepe’s Video & Wireless, 313 E. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena police officials said.
He had been released from a hospital by Saturday morning, Lt. Ed Calatayud said.
“(Two robbers) entered the store and attempted to rob the location,” Pasadena police Lt. Art Chute said. “A clerk intervened, one gunshot was fired.”
No other employees or customers were hurt, Chute said.
The robbers fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Calatayud said.
Officials described the gunman as a black man of about 300 pounds wearing all black clothing. His accomplice was described as a black man of thin build, also wearing all black clothing. No getaway car was seen.
Police shut down Orange Grove Boulevard between Los Robles and Marengo Avenues for more than an hour as they investigated the scene.