Crime & Safety

2 Teens Attacked, Robbed At Gunpoint In Pacifica

Two teen boys said they were held at gunpoint and assaulted by two suspects who robbed one of the victims of his backpack, police said.

PACIFICA, CA — Pacifica police are seeking two suspects who attacked and robbed two teens at gunpoint earlier this week.

The assault was reported around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday at the Linda Mar Shopping Center, where two teenage boys said they had been held at gunpoint and assaulted by two suspects who robbed one of the victims of his backpack before fleeing in a vehicle, according to police.

One of the victims was taken to a hospital as a precaution while the other was released to family at the scene, police said.

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Pacifica police have not released any description of the two suspects but said in a press release Friday that witnesses "may have perceived an altercation between two groups of teenagers in the east parking lot at the shopping center."

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Pacifica police at (650) 738-7314 or a tip line at 650-359-4444.

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