Santa Ana Police Department
Location: 617 East 17th Street. Santiago Food Mart-76 Gas Station
On 10/17/17, at 9:50pm, the suspect entered the store and approached the two cashiers. The suspect quickly pulled out a silver and gray semi-auto handgun and a pink tote bag. The suspect pointed the firearm at the female cashier and ordered her to put the money from the registers into the bag. The cashiers complied with the suspects demands. The suspect fled on foot in an unknown direction with the bag containing the money.
Suspect: Male White, 40-45, 5’7” to 5’9” tall, 170-190lbs., was wearing a black hoodie with “CALIFORNIA” on the front, blue jeans, beige baseball cap and a blue/white bandana around his neck.
Surveillance Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6diPUKjFBTU
Anyone with information identifying the suspect in this case is asked to contact Detective Greaver at (714) 245-8362 or DGreaver@santa-ana.org or Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS.
You guys are my favorite reporters… When reporting a crime and givng a description of the suspect, the race of the person is only given if they are black, latino or other than white. This is a first(for me). You guys are so out of the box, I love it!!
We had fun with this headline! 🙂