Santa Ana police investigators look on as the coroner from the Orange County Sheriffs Department examines a body found in Santa Ana, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a man who hit it big at a Southern California casino was robbed and killed after apparently being followed from the gambling hall.
(AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers)
Man wins big at Calif casino before fatal robbery
Santa Ana police investigators look on as the coroner from the Orange County Sheriffs Department examines a body found in Santa Ana, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a man who hit it big at a Southern California casino was robbed and killed after apparently being followed from the gambling hall.
(AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers)
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Police are searching for two robbers who ran over and killed a man after he won several thousand dollars at a Southern California casino.
Police say the 55-year-old victim and a female friend were followed from the Hawaiian Gardens Casino by two men whose car cut them off Friday in Santa Ana.
Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna (Bur-TAHN'-yah) says one assailant chased the fleeing victim and fought with him over a cash-filled envelope. He says the suspect ran back to his car after knocking down the victim, who was run over by the fleeing vehicle.
A knife and dozens of $20 bills were scattered near the body. Bertagna says he does not know how much money the robbers took.
The victim's name has not been released.
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