In a story still developing, Sheriff’s deputies called in a helicopter to search for a suspect in an armed robbery at Wal-Mart in Yucca Valley Thursday night. About 9:30 p.m., the suspect, described as a man, possibly in his 20s, wearing light pants, a gray hoodie and blue bandana, showed a weapon to a cashier and then left the store on foot. The store’s employees were locked in a back room while deputies searched the store. Deputies, a Sheriff’s K9, and a helicopter also searched the desert south of Wal-Mart and Home Depot. Anyone with information should call the Sheriff’s Department at 760-366-4175. Z107.7 News will update this story as more information becomes available.
