Police search for suspect in attempted armed robbery at marijuana dispensary
Palm Springs California March 9, 2023
A security officer on duty at a marijuana dispensary found himself in the middle of an armed robbery Wednesday morning.
Palm Springs police said that a woman wearing a black mask entered the store with a gun and fired at the ground by the feet of an approaching security officer.
Police were dispatched to the 2700 block of North Palm Canyon Drive around 9:30 a.m., on a report of gunfire.
Witnesses said that the security officer wrestled the firearm away from the woman after she fired at least one shot.
She fled the store thereafter.
Police said they are processing the gun.
They asked anyone with information to contact the department’s investigations division at 760-323-8121 or anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 760-347-7867.
