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Man and woman robbed at gunpoint in Waipahu shopping center parking lot

Honolulu police are looking for two men who allegedly robbed two people at gunpoint at a shopping center parking lot in Waipahu early today.

A 26-year-old woman and 30-year-old man were parked in the lot at the Waipio Shopping Center on Waipio Uka Street at about 5 a.m. when a white full-size pickup truck pulled up.

Police said two men described to be in their 20s to 30s, exited the vehicle, one brandishing a firearm.

The suspects demanded property, took the victims’ purse and backpack and fled the scene, police added.

No injuries were reported.

Police have opened a first-degree robbery investigation. There are no arrests at this time.

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