Huntington Beach : Police Seek Gunman Who Held Up Motel
Huntington Beach police said Sunday that they are searching for an armed man who held up an oceanfront motel, slugged the motel clerk and fled with $470.
Officers said the holdup occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Huntington Shores Motel, 21002 Pacific Coast Highway. The assailant entered the motel lobby brandishing a blue steel revolver and threatened the motel clerk, Jamie Estrada, 28, officers said.
The gunman struck Estrada across the mouth, seized the money and fled north on Pacific Coast Highway.
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