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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two armed men who robbed a Sinclair gas station in South Los Angeles of about $10,000 and assaulted a clerk were at large Thursday.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Southeast Division responded at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday to the gas station at Avalon Boulevard and 111th Street, where the masked suspects armed with rifles demanded money from the cashier, LAPD Officer Charles Miller told City News Service.
The suspects fled on foot, then jumped into a vehicle and sped away, witnesses told police.
Miller said an employee was assaulted during the robbery. Officers were reviewing surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the suspects.