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Employees tied up with trash bags, robbed

The search is on for two men accused of tying up and robbing employees at an east Charlotte clothing store.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say officers responded to a “hold-up alarm” at El Potrero Western Wear around 6 p.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, officers found the employees bound with garbage bags. The men who robbed them were reportedly armed with a silver hand gun and fled in a white Chevy Silverado.

If you have any information about this case, call police.

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