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CULVER CITY (CNS) - A man and his 15-year-old son were robbed at gunpoint of jewelry valued at $136,000 at the Westfield Culver City mall, police said today.
The robbery occurred at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the second level of the mall at 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., according to the Culver City Police Department.
The man and his son were approached by two men and one pointed a black semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine at them, police said.
The suspects demanded the victims' jewelry and watch and the victims complied, police said.
The jewelry taken was a Cartier watch valued at $25,000, a diamond-encrusted necklace valued at $85,000 and a diamond-encrusted necklace valued at $26,000.
The suspects were described as Black, between the ages of 18- and 25-years-old. The suspect with the gun wore a gray Nike hooded sweatshirt, light gray jeans and black Air force One shoes. The second suspect wore a black “Rick and Morty'' hooded sweatshirt, black pants and gray shoes.
Anyone with information regarding the robbery was asked to call the CCPD's public information officer, Assistant Chief Jason Sims, at 310-253-6391.
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