6 taco trucks robbed at gunpoint across Los Angeles overnight, investigation underway

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Six taco trucks across the Los Angeles area were robbed at gunpoint overnight, and police believe the same group of suspects is responsible.

One robbery happened at 11 p.m. Wednesday at a taco stand on Alvarado Street in Echo Park, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Three suspects got away with about $700 in cash.

Detectives say the first two trucks robbed happened in the Westlake area around 9:40 p.m. Those robberies happened at Union Avenue and Shatto and 3rd and Bixle streets, the department said.

Police say around 11:40 p.m., thieves targeted two trucks in the Hollywood area - robberies on Santa Monica and Hollywood boulevards.

The sixth robbery happened in downtown Los Angeles at 9th Street and Broadway around midnight. Workers there say the men pulled guns on them and then stole more $600.

"Our cook, they dragged her to the wall. They pushed her... Three of them came up, one of them was the driver. They went off and took off with the money," said Ricardo Antonio.

"One person put the gun to my chest and told me 'I just want the money. All of the money,'" an employee at the downtown L.A. taco stand recalled.

In three locations, thieves ran off with more than $1,300 in cash.

Police say the robberies involved two to four suspects. In all the incidents they were seen getting away in a white Honda Civic.

No arrests have been made so far.