SAN DIEGO
Armed men held up employees at businesses Wednesday night in the Midway District and Pacific Beach, and police believe the same people committed both robberies, officials said.
The first heist occurred about 9:15 p.m. at a liquor store on Midway Drive near Kemper Street, San Diego police Officer John Buttle said. One man armed with a gun grabbed the clerk at Sonny’s Liquor while the second took money from the register.
The clerk suffered a minor scratch to his neck. The robbers were last seen running west on Midway Drive.
About 45 minutes later, just after 10 p.m., and about 4.5 miles away from the first robbery, two men held up employees of a smoke shop on Garnet Avenue between Dawes and Everts streets, Buttle said. While the clerk at the Mart to Mart Smoke Shop & Vape was finishing up with a customer, the two walked behind the counter and one of the men pointed a gun at the clerk.
Police investigating pair of armed robberies in Midway District, Pacific Beach
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