7:35am — Still At Large

Two armed men in their 20s who stuck up the Albertson’s at Wyoming and Harper NE Wednesday remain at large today.

The men, described as Hispanic males 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, took an undisclosed amount of cash from the store after locking three employees in what Albuquerque Police Department spokesman John Walsh described as a "management room." One of the men is heavily tattooed, Walsh said.

APD received a call shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday that the Albertson’s at 7101 Harper NE had been robbed at gunpoint. No shots were fired and no one was injured and customers had cleared the store by 3:30 p.m., Walsh said.

Traffic was diverted for a time off Harper between Barstow and Wyoming while police made an aisle-by-aisle search of the store.

After the suspects, each armed with a handgun, locked up the employees, they apparently fled while customers continued to shop unaware of what had happened, Walsh said.

Note: To an online reader who e-mailed us a timely tip just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, helping alert us to a SWAT situation at the Albertson’s, thanks!

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