3 Wanted Following Armed Robbery At Liquor Store In Merced

(Photo: Merced Police Department) 

MERCED, Calif. (KMKJ) — Police are searching for three suspects they say held up a liquor store in Merced Sunday night.

The Merced Police Department received the call just after 11:30 p.m. about an armed robbery at the store located at 1230 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., near Hwy. 99.

The three men described as heavy-set Hispanic males entered the store wearing masks and ordered the clerk to give them cash at gunpoint.

The suspects also took lottery tickets and liquor before leaving in a dark-colored vehicle north towards the highway.

Nobody was injured during the robbery.

Anyone with any information regarding this crime is asked to call Sgt. Haygood at 209-385-6998.

You can also remain anonymous by calling the Tip Line at 209-385-4725 or online at Merced Crime Stoppers.