2 Teens Held At Gunpoint, Robbed At Linda Mar Shopping Center: Police

PACIFICA, CA — Two teens were held at gunpoint, assaulted and robbed at the Linda Mar Shopping Center, and investigators are searching for two unidentified assailants, according to the Pacifica Police Department.

In a news release Friday, the department said officers arrived at the shopping center shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday to investigate reports of a juvenile who had been assaulted by an armed suspect.

Officers determined two teen boys were held at gunpoint and physically assaulted by two other young suspects, and one of the victims was robbed of his backpack. Police said the injuries were serious enough for one of the boys to require hospital care. The second boy was released to his family to seek medical attention.

Investigators are asking witnesses who saw an altercation between two groups of teens in the shopping center's east parking lot to contact police at 650-738-7314 or the Silent Witness tip line at 650-359-4444.