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One suspect in marijuana dispensary robbery caught after pursuit

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Los Angeles police captured one suspect and were searching for two others who robbed a downtown medical marijuana dispensary Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The three suspects held up the dispensary on Wall Street in the Skid Row area, a few blocks from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Station, shortly after 10:17 a.m.

The suspects fled in a car and were pursued by officers to Boyle Heights, LAPD Sgt. Jack Richter said. One suspect was captured and officers set up a perimeter near Calzona Street and the 5 Freeway to search for the other two, police said.

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