Los Angeles 7-Eleven Stores Were Encouraged To Close After Slurpee Giveaway Goes Bad
Los Angeles 7-Eleven franchises were encouraged to close Monday night after multiple robberies occurred leaving two people dead.
Earlier this week on Monday, the chain celebrated its 95th birthday with free Slurpee drink giveaways and $1 snacks. The store closings were prompted by 7-Eleven corporate office KTLA reported.
“Our hearts are with the victims and their loved ones,” the store said in a statement to the news station. “We are gathering information on this terrible tragedy and working with local law enforcement. Right now, our focus is on Franchisee, associate, and customer safety. With that in mind, we have encouraged stores in the Los Angeles area to close tonight.”
Six 7-Eleven stores in the Ontario, Riverside, Santa Ana, Brea, La Habra, and Upland areas were robbed at gunpoint or were the site of a shooting Monday night. According to law enforcement officials, says one man is believed to be responsible for some, if not all of the robberies.
On July 11 which is the same date, of the name of the franchise, which usually gives out Slurpees on the date. As of now, its unclear if the free Slurpee giveaway had something to do with the robberies.
“We don’t know if there’s any relation to today being July 11,” Ryan Railsback, a spokesman for the Riverside Police Department told the New York Times. “Only the suspect can tell us that.”
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