Video footage shows suspects who robbed girls walking to school

Police Thursday were seeking the two women and two men who robbed two girls while they were walking to school in the Fairfax district.

The victims were walking in the 7600 block of Melrose Avenue, between Fairfax and Gardner avenues, about 7:20 a.m. Wednesday when they were approached from behind by two women who struck them and pulled them to the ground by their hair, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

“The suspects demanded that they hand over their cellphones, then held them by their hair until they unlocked the access codes to the phones,” the department said in a statement.

The girls complied and the suspects fled into a waiting vehicle occupied by two other suspects who were acting as lookouts, police said. The vehicle then sped away from the scene driving southbound.

One suspect was described as an 18-year-old woman who was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and blue jeans.

The other three suspects were only described as one woman and two men. No description of the suspect vehicle was provided.

Anyone with information on the robbery was asked to call Wilshire Community Police Station Robbery Detective Flores at 213-922-8217. Calls made during non-business hours or on weekends can be directed to 877-527-3247.

Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

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