UPDATED: Armed Robber, Killer at Quiznos, Still at Large

A search was underway for a robber who shot to death the 62-year-old owner of a Quiznos Sub shop in San Dimas, authorities said.

Deputies were called about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday to 1034 W. Arrow Highway, where they found the restaurant proprietor suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the sheriff’s department. Pravin Patel of San Dimas later died at a hospital, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter.

The suspect had approached the cashier’s counter brandishing a semi- automatic handgun and demanding money, according to the sheriff’s department. The owner gave him a bag containing an undisclosed amount of cash, but then followed the robber outside, where a brief struggle ensued, the sheriff’s department reported.

Patel died around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday at a hospital. The robber was a man in his late 20s, white or Latino, about 6 feet and 175 pounds. He was wearing a black cap, black shirt and dark short pants with a plaid pattern.

San Dimas is generally a low-crime area. Anyone with information on the robbery and slaying was urged to call the sheriff’s homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500 or, to provide information anonymously, Crime Stoppers at (800) 222- TIPS.--City News Service; Patch Image Archive

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