A gun-wielding man who took a pickup truck from a husband-and-wife cleaning crew at a La Jolla restaurant early March 30 escaped, but the truck was recovered nearby.
\nThe holdup occurred around 3:15 a.m., while the crew was cleaning the TGI Friday’s restaurant in a shopping center on Villa La Jolla near Nobel Drive, San Diego Police Officer Matt Tortorella said. The restaurant was closed at the time.
\nOne of the cleaners told the gunman he was sick, and the suspect let the man\u2019s wife go outside to purportedly look for his medication, according to broadcast reports. She instead called for help.
\nThe gunman was spotted inside a CVS store on the other side of the shopping center around the same time, and the truck was recovered outside, Tortorella said. The suspect escaped.
\nPolice described the suspect as black, about 5 feet 10 inches, with an athletic build. He was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.
\n— City News Service<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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