Two male suspects barged into a Malibu Shell gas station with a shotgun on Monday at about 1:40 a.m., getting away with $120 in cash and cigarettes.
A third suspect was waiting in the get-away car, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was parked across the street on Pacific Coast Highway, near PierView Restaurant, according to Sgt. Martin Dailey of the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station.
The suspects appeared to be in their mid-20s, said Dailey. A video camera, taken as evidence by the Sheriff’s Department, recorded the robbery.
“They covered their faces with their sweatshirts,” said Shell employee Mike Hemmatyar, who described what the night manager told him the following day. “They came in and asked for money, and he gave it to them. It happened so quick.”
He said the manager told him he wasn’t scared–at first. “It happened so fast, it sunk in later.”
Hemmatyar also said, “It’s the first time in at least 15 years the station has been robbed.”
After the robbery, “The suspects fled westbound on PCH,” said Dailey, “with a witness in pursuit in his own vehicle.” The suspects then made a U-turn and were last seen traveling eastbound on PCH near Topanga Canyon Boulevard.