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Deadly incidents occurred in five-hour period at shops just six miles apart
LOS ANGELES - Two workers at medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles were killed in apparent robberies that occurred within hours of each other, police said.
An employee of the Hollywood Holistic store was found dead at the scene at around 9:05pm local time Thursday (12:05am ET Friday). Police would not say how the worker was killed, only that it was a homicide.
Earlier Thursday, police said a worker at a medical marijuana dispensary in the Echo Park neighborhood was shot to death and another wounded in an apparent robbery.
Police said an unknown number of suspects burst into the Higher Patch Holistic Care store shortly before 4:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m. ET) and shots were fired.
It's not known if the two incidents were related. NBC News reported that the stores are located about six miles apart.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the shootings came as city officials try to regulate hundreds of marijuana stores that have popped up amid California's dispensary boom.
LOS ANGELES - Two workers at medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles were killed in apparent robberies that occurred within hours of each other, police said.
An employee of the Hollywood Holistic store was found dead at the scene at around 9:05pm local time Thursday (12:05am ET Friday). Police would not say how the worker was killed, only that it was a homicide.
Earlier Thursday, police said a worker at a medical marijuana dispensary in the Echo Park neighborhood was shot to death and another wounded in an apparent robbery.
Police said an unknown number of suspects burst into the Higher Patch Holistic Care store shortly before 4:15 p.m. (7:15 p.m. ET) and shots were fired.
It's not known if the two incidents were related. NBC News reported that the stores are located about six miles apart.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the shootings came as city officials try to regulate hundreds of marijuana stores that have popped up amid California's dispensary boom.