CLUES SOUGHT IN SEARCH FOR SUSPECT.Byline: - Daily News Detectives continued Tuesday to search for clues to the identity of a robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion whose accomplice accomplice: see accessory. was shot and killed by police during an attempted hold up in a mall department store over the weekend, authorities said. Reviewing video surveillance tapes and interviewing witnesses and store employees, police sought information on the 25- to 30-year-old man they believe fled the scene by boarding an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus. They said he could be armed. ``Our focus is to apprehend the suspect quickly to prevent harm to anyone else,'' said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Lt. Clay Farrell, a supervisor in the Robbery-Homicide Division. ``Somebody who's used a gun once, could use a gun again.'' Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . Robbery-Homicide detectives did not
release the identity of the suspect who was shot in the robbery attempt.
They said they were reviewing the slain man's criminal history, and trying to track down his family members with the hopes of catching up to his accomplice. The robbery began about 5:15 p.m. Sunday at the Macy's store in the Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade mall in Woodland Hills. About 250 police officers responded to the scene. One suspect was shot when police said he pointed a gun at them, and police said the other suspect fled. |
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