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Law Enforcement Helicopter Searches for Armed Robbers

Two masked gunmen held-up a liquor store on Middlefield Road.


Two masked men armed with semi-automatic handguns robbed the Century Liquors in Palo Alto Saturday night. They got away with cash and alcohol. No one was injured.

Palo Alto Police arrived within one minute of the 911 call at 7:55 p.m. They searched the area near the store, located in the 3100 block of Middlefield Road, with the help of a police dog from Mountain View and a helicopter from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. No arrests have been made.

The suspects were never seen without their masks. According to a written statement from Officer Marco Estrada, PAPD, “The victim described both suspects as black men in their twenties. They were both wearing black masks, black jackets, and dark pants. They were both armed with semiautomatic handguns. One of the suspects was about 6 feet tall with a thin build. The other suspect was about 5 feet 10 inches tall. The victim could see black skin around the eye holes of the masks on both men.”

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