Police Search For 7-Eleven Robbery Suspects In Culver City

CULVER CITY, CA – Culver City police asked for the public's help Thursday to find two men and a woman involved in a 7-Eleven store robbery that left a clerk wounded. The crime occurred about 12:15 a.m. Jan 31 in the 5900 block of Washington Boulevard, police said.

According to police, the woman entered the business, followed by one of the men, and she "attempted to distract the clerk" while the man walked around the store.

The woman then left, and the man ran out with some beer that he did not pay for, police said.

The clerk ran after the man with the beer, and was shot and wounded by a second man who was driving a getaway vehicle, police said.

The woman was described as 20-30 years of age, with a tattoo on the upper left side of her back. The man who stole the beer was described as in his early 30s. No description was released of the gunman.

They may have fled in a white, late 1980s or early 1990s Honda hatchback.

Anyone with information on the crime was urged to call detectives at (310) 253-6347, or the watch commander at (310) 253-6202.

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