Huntington Beach : Police Seek Gunman Who Held Up Motel
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Huntington Beach police said Sunday that they are searching for an armed man who held up an oceanfront motel, slugged the motel clerk and fled with $470.
Officers said the holdup occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Huntington Shores Motel, 21002 Pacific Coast Highway. The assailant entered the motel lobby brandishing a blue steel revolver and threatened the motel clerk, Jamie Estrada, 28, officers said.
The gunman struck Estrada across the mouth, seized the money and fled north on Pacific Coast Highway.
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