Crime & Safety

Banning Gas Station Held Up in Armed Robbery

Police are still searching for the two people suspected of hitting up the Chevron station on Highland Springs Avenue.

Banning police are looking for two people suspected of holding up a gas station clerk Thursday afternoon.

The incident was reported around 3:15 p.m. at the Chevron station on Highland Springs Avenue, just north of Interstate 10, according to Banning Police Sergeant Alex Diaz.

When Patch arrived at the location shortly thereafter, several Banning police units were on scene, searching for the two suspects who apparenty feld towards the direction of the freeway.

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Diaz tells Patch investigators learned two people walked into the station with a black, semi-automatic handgun and demanded cash.

"Our units got there within minutes [of the call], but were unable to locate the suspects," Diaz said.

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The employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash, and the two took off running, according to police reports.

The first suspect-- the one who was holding the gun-- is described as a 20-year-old black or Hispanic male, and was wearing a black hooded sweater, police said.

The second suspect-- who may have been either a man or a woman-- was described as the "lookout" during the alleged crime.  That person was described as being about 18 years old, with shoulder length curly black hair, and was wearing a green and blue stripped sweater, police said.

There were no customers in the business when the robbery happened, and the clerk was unharmed, police said.


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