Crime & Safety
Sam's Market Robbed by Gunman, Second Time in Five Weeks
Two men entered the business and one of them pulled out a brown handgun as he demanded cash from a clerk, police said.
La Mesa police were on the lookout Thursday for a gunman and an accomplice who robbed a small liquor store of cash.
The armed robbery at at 7587 University Ave. occurred about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to a La Mesa police statement.
Two men entered the business and one of them pulled out a brown handgun as he demanded cash from a clerk, police said. The clerk complied and both men ran away westbound on Sturgess Avenue.
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Sam's Market was also of this year.
Police described the men as black and in their early 20s. The gunman stands about 5-feet-9 and is roughly 170 pounds. He wore a brown T-shirt, dark jeans and a green Celtics baseball cap. His accomplice was described as about 6-feet and 220 pounds, wearing a white T-shirt and dark jeans.
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