Police Release Video Of Attack On Ice Cream Vendor In Downtown LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Police Department Thursday released video footage of a man and woman who assaulted and robbed an ice cream vendor in downtown L.A. in hopes that someone will be able to identify the suspects.
According to police, the robbery happened at about noon on Tuesday near 12th and Birch streets.
Surveillance video shows the two suspects approach the vendor on the side walk and punch him, knocking him to the ground. The suspects then fled from the scene in a dark Toyota Avalon.
The victim was taken to the hospital, but an update on his condition was not immediately available.
The first suspect is described as a 5-foot-10-inch Black male weighing approximately 165 pounds. The second suspect is described as a 5-foot-4-inch Black female weighing approximately 125 pounds.
Anyone with information about the suspects was asked to call Newton station robbery detectives at 323-846-6572.
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