Armed robbers are sought following a string of overnight heists at 7-Eleven stores in Los Angeles and the Long Beach area.
It was not immediately clear whether all of the robberies, including one at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles' Adams-Normandie area, are connected. The crimes were reported Thursday night and early Friday morning.
The Adams-Normandie robbery was reported at about 1:30 a.m. at the store in the 1600 block of West Adams Boulevard. The robbers, three men and three women, left the scene in a white Kia.
More detailed descriptions of the car and the robbers were not immediately available. No arrests were reported Friday morning.
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Other robberies were reported at stores in Lakewood, Signal Hill and at least one in Long Beach.
In Lakewood, four women and a man in a stolen Kia Optima took about $3,500 and merchandise from the 7-Eleven at 5315 Paramount Blvd., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
In Signal Hill, an armed robbery was reported at the 7-Eleven in the 2700 block of Pacific Coast Highway at about 11 p.m. Thursday. Three women and two men took money, tobacco products and lottery tickets, according to authorities.
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In Long Beach, an armed robbery was reported at a 7-Eleven store in the 6500 block of Cherry Avenue.
