Man Robs Armored Car Guard at Market
A lone armed robber took an undisclosed amount of cash from an armored car guard Friday morning at a crowded supermarket on Ventura Boulevard in Encino, Los Angeles police said.
No shots were fired and no one was hurt in the incident, which occurred shortly after 10 a.m. inside a Ralphs grocery, Lt. Bob Ruchhoft said.
A Brink’s guard was about to leave the crowded store with a bag of cash when he was confronted by the gunman, who apparently had been waiting inside, Ruchhoft said.
The robber also took the guard’s gun before running to a small, white car in the parking lot and speeding off, he said.
The robbery does not appear to be related to a string of armored-car robberies that have resulted in several arrests and the deaths of three guards in the past year, he said.
The FBI is assisting the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, he said.
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