Terrifying Los Angeles 7-Eleven robbery on video
LOS ANGELES – A tense robbery attempt at a 7-Eleven store was caught on video and cops are hoping someone will recognize the dangerous robber who repeatedly ordered a scared Indo-American male to open the till.
“Just put yourself in this clerk’s place and imagine how scary this must have been,” said Lt. Paul Vernon as he appealed for witnesses to come forward.
A clerk was behind the register when an armed black man, in his 20′s, walked into the store yelling, “Open the register quick. Give me the money.”
Another employee, who was stocking the drink cooler, heard the commotion, said Vernon.
“He commanded over and over to open the register with the rifle pointed in the man’s face,” said Vernon, who heads-up detectives downtown. “For whatever reason, the clerk couldn’t open the drawer and started calling for his partner to do it. It’s a very tense few moments.”
“The gunman leads the clerk to the cooler, but when neither employee can open the register, he leaves without taking anything. Several witnesses saw him running, gun in hand, along 7th Street, then south on Grand Avenue. Witnesses also described a second man who may have acted as a lookout at the door during the robbery,” said Vernon.
The 7-11 is located at 500 W. 7th Street. Police spent several hours at the store, searching with police dogs and gathering evidence.
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on Jan 20 2010. Filed under U.S..
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