That's because the market they hit was wired with more than a dozen video surveillance cameras. Those cameras provided officers with some very good pictures of the suspects. It happened on Thursday night, December 14, 2000. Surveillance video shows two gunmen entering the La Palapas market on Imperial Avenue in Logan Heights. They entered the store about an hour before closing and made their way to a storage room in the back.
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.