CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) — Two 18-year-olds have been arrested after a 17-year-old was was robbed in Clovis.
The Clovis Police Department says the robbery happened just after 4 p.m. near Shaw and Minnewawa avenues.
A 17-year-old boy told officers that a group walked up to him and one suspect pulled out a handgun while another stole about $600 in cash and the shoes he was wearing.
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Hours later, officers located the suspects’ vehicle in a nearby shopping center parking lot and conducted a high-risk traffic stop.
Following the investigation, Ernest Taylor and Marzette Hanks, both 18, were arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail on robbery charges.
Police recovered the stolen cash, but the handgun and the victim’s shoes have not yet been found.
No injuries were reported.