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Pot dispensary employee shot
CRIME: Two men attempt to rob clinic on Magnolia Avenue.
By Tracy Manzer
Staff Writer
Posted: 11/18/2009 01:38:39 PM PST
LONG BEACH - And here we always thought marijuana was supposed to help you mellow out.
Turns out that wasn't the case Monday afternoon when two armed bandits shot a 41-year-old employee of a Long Beach medical marijuana clinic during a robbery at the location, police said Wednesday.
The robbery began at about 2:10 p.m. when two armed men entered the medical marijuana clinic in the 2600 block of Magnolia Avenue, said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
One of the armed men pointed a handgun at an employee and threatened him while the other robber gathered all the marijuana on hand, Pratt said.
During the robbery, a scuffle broke out between one of the gunmen and a customer in the dispensary and the employee was shot in the lower body, she said.
The two armed men then fled the business on foot. It was not clear in which direction they traveled, she said.
The victim, a 41-year-old male, was taken to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, Pratt said.
The robbery comes on the heels of a string of armed robberies in the Lakewood and Long Beach area, but this incident does not appear to be related to the recent spree, Pratt said.
"It's a different suspect description," she explained.
CRIME: Two men attempt to rob clinic on Magnolia Avenue.
By Tracy Manzer
Staff Writer
Posted: 11/18/2009 01:38:39 PM PST
LONG BEACH - And here we always thought marijuana was supposed to help you mellow out.
Turns out that wasn't the case Monday afternoon when two armed bandits shot a 41-year-old employee of a Long Beach medical marijuana clinic during a robbery at the location, police said Wednesday.
The robbery began at about 2:10 p.m. when two armed men entered the medical marijuana clinic in the 2600 block of Magnolia Avenue, said Nancy Pratt, a Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman.
One of the armed men pointed a handgun at an employee and threatened him while the other robber gathered all the marijuana on hand, Pratt said.
During the robbery, a scuffle broke out between one of the gunmen and a customer in the dispensary and the employee was shot in the lower body, she said.
The two armed men then fled the business on foot. It was not clear in which direction they traveled, she said.
The victim, a 41-year-old male, was taken to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, Pratt said.
The robbery comes on the heels of a string of armed robberies in the Lakewood and Long Beach area, but this incident does not appear to be related to the recent spree, Pratt said.
"It's a different suspect description," she explained.
