Gunman Robs Businessman of $184,000 Outside Bank
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PARAMOUNT — A Long Beach businessman carrying $184,000 in checks and cash was robbed outside a bank in Paramount by a lone gunman who escaped in a car, authorities said.
The victim, whose name was not released, was about to deposit the money Tuesday morning when he was accosted in the parking lot of a Bank of America branch on Paramount Boulevard, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Fidel Gonzalez said.
There have been no arrests, said sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Rodriguez.
The 70-year-old victim had just gotten out of his car with the bank bag when he was grabbed from behind and threatened with a gun, the deputy said.
“The suspect put a short-barreled blue steel revolver to the businessman’s head and stated, ‘Give me the bag or I’ll blow your head off,’ ” Gonzalez said.
The man surrendered the bag and the assailant jumped into a late-model white car and fled. No shots were fired.
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