OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department is investigating two possible armed robberies on the same day at the same 7-Eleven, and it’s not the first time the store has been hit back-to-back.
"It’s a common occurrence around here and it’s getting kind of bad," said Tor Lono, who lives near the 7-Eleven that was robbed on Grand Avenue. "Over the years I’ve never seen anything this repetitive, this quickly."
What we know:
OPD said the first incident happened at around 8:45 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Multiple suspects, possibly armed with a gun, walked in and demanded cash from the register, according to OPD, taking off in a car waiting outside.
In the second hit, just after 4 p.m. that same day, police reported two people, possibly armed with a knife, came in, took cash, and ran o