Crime & Safety

Man Pistol-Whipped During El Cerrito Home Invasion Robbery

The robbery happened around 5 p.m. on Sunday at a house in the 6700 block of Blake Street, according to police.

Two suspects robbed and pistol-whipped a man inside his El Cerrito home on Sunday evening, police said today. The robbery happened around 5 p.m. at a house in the 6700 block of Blake Street, according to police. The two suspects kicked open the home’s front door and started stealing various items, then encountered a 21-year-old man inside the house and pistol-whipped him, police said.

Police said the suspects made off with electronic items and drove away in an older-model white pickup truck, heading east on Blake Street. Police said one of the suspects is described as a black man estimated to be in his late 20s who is about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds and was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans at the time of the robbery.

The second suspect was believed to be a boy between 16 and 18 years old.

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