ROBBER FIRES SHOTS AT PASSING FAMILY CAR.

Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer

PALMDALE - A robber fired two shots at a Palmdale family's car while fleeing from a market he had just held up, deputies said.

The bullets missed the car, which contained a couple and their four children, officials said. The robber might have mistaken the family's black and white car for a patrol car, deputies said.

``Somebody like this is really dangerous. He needs to be caught and caught quickly,'' Deputy Johnie Jones said.

Deputies said the gunman robbed the Food Plus market in the 38400 block of Sixth Street East about 9 p.m. Wednesday and fled with more than $2,000 in cash.

The robber walked into the store, waving a sawed-off shotgun or rifle demanding money, deputies said. The clerk opened the cash register for the gunman, who grabbed about $2,000 and fled.

The robber drove off in a green newer-model van, possibly a Toyota Sienna, officials said. As he drove off onto Sixth Street East, the family was driving along the street in the other direction. The gunman fired two shots at the family's car and sped away, deputies said.

He was last seen headed west on Palmdale Boulevard.

The robber was described as an African-American man between 18 and 25 years old, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds. He was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and had a black handkerchief over his mouth.

Anyone with information on the identity or the whereabouts of the robber is asked to call the Palmdale sheriff's station at [phone].