Marijuana dispensary owner shoots would-be robbers, authorities say

Two men who attempted to rob a marijuana dispensary in Walnut Park on Tuesday night are in critical condition after the business owner pulled out a gun and shot them, authorities said.

Just before 11 p.m., the men walked into the dispensary in the 2400 block of Florence Avenue and at least one of them had a gun, said Sgt. Angela Kepley of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Century station.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Department Crime Lab investigators gather bags of evidence at a pot dispensary in Walnut Park where one of the store owners shot and critically wounded two men attempting to rob the store.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times )

The owner told KCBS-TV that he saw the men with assault rifles on a security camera and armed himself.

The man was uninjured and the two would-be robbers are listed in critical condition, Kepley said. The men will be taken into custody if they’re released from the hospital, she said. The investigation is ongoing.

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