LAPD search for 2 suspects after armed robberies in Koreatown, Harvard Heights and West Adams

LOS ANGELES - A series of armed robberies in the Koreatown, Harvard Heights and West Adams areas prompted a tactical alert for Los Angeles police officers to search for two suspects early today.

The first reported robbery happened at about 6:15 p.m. Tuesday near 8th Street and Normandie Avenue in the Olympic patrol area, Los Angeles police Detective John Skaggs of the Olympic Station said.

In a second robbery, the suspects approached a pedestrian on the street about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday near Sycamore Avenue and Westhaven Street in the Southwest patrol area, Skaggs said.

In a third robbery, another pedestrian was robbed about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of South Oxford Avenue, near Washington Boulevard, in the Olympic patrol area, Skaggs said.

Victims of all three robberies had the same description of the suspects, Skaggs said.

Officers were looking for two black men in their late 20s or early 30s, 5 feet 9 inches, with an average build and dark clothing. Victims said one of the suspects was armed with a rifle or shotgun. The suspects were driving a silver or blue American model sedan.

In one of the incidents the suspect was described as having a duffel bag with a rifle or shotgun inside.

During the tactical alert no officers could end their shifts and only important calls for service or emergency were answered, Skaggs said. The alert was modified about 2 a.m., allowing officers who stayed on duty to return home or go back to their standard patrol duties.

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