The men also may have been involved in an armed-robbery at the same store six months ago, police said.

On Wednesday, two men entered the Goodrich Liquor Store at 2828 South King St. at about 8:55 p.m. One man had his face covered with a T-shirt and the other with a bandanna, said Sgt. Kim Capllonch, coordinator with the CrimeStoppers program.

One of the men showed a black pistol and demanded money. The store owner complied and the men fled.

Both men were in the 20s, about 5 feet 8 and 220 pounds. One wore a white T-shirt and had a similar shirt wrapped around his face. The other had a striped polo shirt and wore a bandanna over his face.

Capllonch said the descriptions of the men were similar to those of two men who robbed the same store six months ago, although she said investigators did not know if they were the same suspects.

Capllonch said neighborhood mom-and-pop stores have become easy targets for robbers.

"Usually these mom-and-pop stores are run by elderly couples. They've had these stores for 20 to 25 years and these young kids are going in there, literally traumatizing these owners," she said. "You'll see these bigger stores coming in because these people don't want to deal with being robbed, especially at a small mom-and-pop store. They're just barely making it as it is."

Capllonch cautioned store owners to not resist when they are being robbed. She said the Goodrich Liquor Store owner did the right thing by complying with the robbers' demands.

"You don't want this to escalate to where someone is going to get injured," Capllonch said. "So just follow the directions, let them do what they need to do. The good thing is she does have surveillance in her store so we are able to capture images of the suspects."