Police say the robbers hid out, waiting for the market to close. One employee locked up for the night while five others started counting the day's receipts. A manager then carried the money into the back office. The robbers made their move, holding guns to an employee's head, and forcing him to lie down on the floor. They then rounded up the rest of the employees and forced them into the back office as well.
Police say the robbers threatened to start shooting people unless the manager opened the safe.
The gunmen escaped with several thousand dollars out the back door of the market. The surveillance video captured clear pictures for the robbers' faces. The video also shows an employee standing by the front door at the same time the robbers entered. That worker has not been seen since the day after the robbery and police would like to talk to him. Based on the surveillance video, police believe both gunmen are Hispanic in their mid to late twenties.