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At about 8:44 p.m., patrol officers responded to a robbery at 7-11, 35015 Fremont Blvd, arriving on the scene within five minutes of the 9-1-1 call. The clerk told officers a man produced a handgun and demanded he open the cash register.  The man fled with cash and other items from the store.

Approximately 45 minutes later, a second 9-1-1 call came in from Burger King, 46700 Mission Blvd, reporting a robbery. Officers arrived in less than ten minutes; an employee described a man who pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at him demanding money from the cash register. Additionally, a witness provided officers with a vehicle description of a car fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. With this additional information, Fremont Police Dispatchers broadcasted the vehicle information to neighboring agencies.

As officers secured the scene at Burger King, another 9-1-1 call came in at 9:37 p.m. from Shell Gas Station, 42816 Mission Blvd, also reporting a robbery. Officers arriving within six minutes quickly confirmed the suspect’s description, verifying it matched the robbery from 7-11.

At 9:45 p.m., officers located the suspect vehicle near Mission Blvd and Appian Way in Union City.  A high-risk vehicle stop was initiated at Bob’s Discount Liquor, 101 Apian Way, with the assistance of Union City Police Department.   Before making contact, one suspect entered the store while a second suspect remained with the vehicle.   Officers quickly set a perimeter around the business and were able to detain the suspects.
 
We are thankful to our Fremont Police Department Patrol Officers, Dispatchers, and our continued partnership with Union City Police Department. To further help identify the suspects through private community cameras, assistance from many of our Fremont community members was invaluable. These partnerships allowed us to safely arrest the suspects with no physical harm to our community members.
 
Julio Cruz (32) and Konnor Gutierres (18) out of Hayward were both arrested for felony robbery.
 
Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to please call the Fremont Police Department at 510-790-6800 or send an anonymous tip by texting TIP FREMONTPD followed by your message to 888-777, or via the web at https://local.nixle.com/tip/alert/6216337.