Wichita police are investigating two armed robberies that happened late Wednesday afternoon.
Police spokesman Gordon Bassham said two men with silver handguns walked into a Cricket cell phone store at 1617 East Central around 4:25 pm. They got money from a cash drawer and then ran away on foot. The robbers were described as two African American men, 5' 6" and 6 feet tall, wearing bandannas over their faces.
The second robbery happened around 4:40 pm, at a Check Into Cash store at 303 North Hillside. A gunman walked in and demanded cash. He was described as an African American man around 5' 6" wearing a blue shirt with red sleeves. It's not known if this robbery is connected to other holdups that have occurred recently at cash advance businesses.
No one was hurt in the robberies.
George Lawson