Police: Teen tells Petaluma store clerk he’ll shoot them

Petaluma police are hoping to identify a teen who threatened to shoot a grocery store clerk Wednesday.|
RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A suspected shoplifter ordered out of a Petaluma grocery store Wednesday threatened to come back and shoot an employee, according to Petaluma police.

Due to the seriousness of the threats police officials have asked for help in identifying the teen, believed to be 14 to 17 years old.

The teen was in the Lucky store on Petaluma Boulevard North at about 1:30 p.m. when an employee told him to leave because they suspected he was trying to steal something, police said in a news release.

A surveillance photo was released showing the person wearing a dark-colored baseball cap and pants and a gray and red, long-sleeved shirt.

Officials asked anyone with information about him to call Officer Jaime Espinoza at 707-781-1221.

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