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2 Robbers Escape After Crashing Car

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A masked gunman and his accomplice crashed their getaway car Thursday morning moments after robbing a Santa Paula liquor store, police said. There were no arrests.

At about 10 a.m. Jue’s Liquor at 911 W. Telegraph Road was robbed by a man wearing a ski mask and holding a handgun, Santa Paula police officers said. They declined to say how much cash was stolen.

The gunman fled in a black car that crashed a few blocks away in the 500 block of Acacia Road, officers said. Two men were seen running from the crash before officers arrived. The car had been reported stolen Wednesday.

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A K-9 dog, a sheriff’s helicopter and officers from four agencies unsuccessfully searched for the two men.

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