Brentwood: Smoke Shop Owner Pistol-Whipped During Robbery

At 12:17 pm Sunday, a Brentwood business owner was robbed and beaten during the incident by three men.

According to Brentwood Police Lieutenant. Doug Silva, three black males entered the business where one of the men struck the owner several times in the head with a firearm. The owner was then tied up and held him down while two other men loaded various tabacco products into garbage bags. All three subjects fled the scene in a white Chrysler Town and Country minivan driven by a fourth person.

After the incident, the store owner was transported to a local hospital and treated for his injuries. The store is located at 50, Sand Creek in Brentwood near Brentwood Blvd.

Anyone with information is urged to call Brentwood police at 925-634-6911.