Circle K Robbed Early Saturday Morning

La Mesa police are looking for two men who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint early Saturday morning, according to the department.

A clerk at the on La Mesa Boulevard was doing stock work in the back of the store just before 4 a.m., and when he returned to the front the two suspects were standing at the cash register, police said. One was armed with a semi-automatic gun and allegedly pointed it at the clerk and demanded money, according to police.

The clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of money and the suspects left, police said. A small, white compact car with two men matching the suspects’ description was seen speeding away from the area without its lights on and struck a pole, police said. The car may have minor damage and yellow paint on the driver’s side.

The suspects were described as male Hispanics, one between 20 and 30 years old with a pencil-thin mustache. He wore a dark blue, long-sleeved shirt, a blue baseball cap, sunglasses and rubber gloves. The other wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, a gray, white and red plaid shirt and blue jeans.

The suspects were last seen headed east on Grossmont Boulevard, police said.

Police asked anyone with information on the robbery to contact them at 619-667-1400 or to call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. 

City News Service contributed to this report.