Two cab drivers robbed at gunpoint in San Diego

San Diego, CA, United States (4E) – Two taxi drivers were robbed at gunpoint within minutes of each other early Monday morning in California.

According to San Diego police, the first stick-up happened around 12:58 a.m. along Missouri Street near Mission Boulevard in Pacific Beach when an armed man approached a cab driver and demanded money. The robber fled afterwards.

The suspect was described as a medium-built black man with no facial hair. He was wearing a brown jacket and boots.

Police claimed the second incident occurred in Mission Beach on Mission Boulevard near El Carmel Place about 15 minutes later. At 1:15 a.m., a gun-wielding man threatened a taxi driver and took off with cash and some personal belongings.

The thief was reported to officials as black, between 29 to 30 years old, about 180 pounds and wearing a brown jacket and jeans.

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