“As soon as they got out of the car, they were met with gunfire,” he said. The vehicle had arrived at the casino to drop off cash. On Thursday, the suspects waited for the armored vehicle to park and then immediately began shooting shortly after 10 a.m., Cuff said.
Cuff said detectives in Thursday's case are working with other law enforcement agencies to see if there are any links between the two incidents. That theft occurred early July 11 in the unincorporated community of Lebec, about 75 miles (about 121 kilometers) north of downtown Los Angeles.īoth crimes are considered to be rare. Thursday's robbery occurred just weeks after thieves broke into an unattended Brink’s tractor-trailer parked at a remote rest stop and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry and gemstones after the vehicle’s two armed guards walked away.
