Public's Help Needed To Capture Armed Man Believed To Have Robbed Pet Store

CULVER CITY (CBSLA.com) — Police sought the public's help Thursday to identify and capture an armed man who robbed a pet store in Culver City.

Culver City police say a man walked into Petco Unleashed, 13411 Washington Blvd., about 8:40 last Thursday and demanded that the cashier give him all the money in the cash register while pointing a silver revolver at her.

The cashier gave the robber the money and he fled through the parking lot toward Glencoe Avenue.

The man wore a very distinctive Army Airborne sweat shirt and also carried a blue reusable shopping bag from Albertson's , which is right across the parking lot, police said.

The man was described as white, about 6 feet tall with a thin build, wearing the black sweat shirt, gray sweat pants and Chuck Taylor-style Converse shoes. He also wore a black bandanna, with a white skull and crossbones print, across his face, cover it from the nose down.

Anyone with information about the man or the robbery can call Culver City police at (310) 253-6202.