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Police search for suspects in shooting, robbery

By Natasha Collins

Sunnyvale Police are looking for eight young men suspected of robbing and assaulting a man on Old San Francisco Road July 14.

An employee at King's Seafood had just left the store with more than $1,500 in his car at about 8 p.m. when he was rear-ended by a white two-door car near the Life's Garden Mobile Home Park.

A young Vietnamese man came out of the white car brandishing a weapon and demanding the money, police said. He then struck the King Seafood employee two or three times with the gun, said Capt. Steve Pigott of the Department of Public Safety.

A co-worker of the victim happened to be driving by when the robbery occurred and attempted to help his friend. As he slowed his car, he was shot at several times.

Two or three bullets passed through the rear window of the car, barely missing the passengers, Pigott said. The breaking glass cut the driver's hand. No one was seriously injured.

The man tried to drive away after he was shot at, but was hit from the side by a red car, also involved in the robbery.

"It is most likely that they were staking out the store," Pigott said. "They had been in early that evening asking for mangos, and left without buying anything."

Police have no suspects at this time, but say both cars were filled with Vietnamese men in their 20s. The victims were also able to give a partial license plate description, saying it contained the numbers "3-0-0."

No other robberies fitting these parameters have been reported to the police department, and Pigott said this area of town is not considered dangerous.

"You have the medical center and the retirement community over there," he said. "This is not typical for the area."

The men involved in the robbery will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon and armed robbery when caught, Pigott said.

Witnesses to the robbery or those with information about the crime are encouraged to call 730-7110.

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, July 23, 1997.
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