The theft happened at 4:07 a.m. at the Chevron gas station on Melrose Avenue and Orange Avenue, according to Lt. Lamar Barrett of the Chula Vista Police Department.
An employee was in the restroom at the time of the theft, which took less than a minute, the lieutenant said. The employee was unharmed.
Based on surveillance video of the theft, Barrett said about three or four suspects used a chain to pull the machine from the store's floor and into the back of the Ford F-250 truck.
The ATM contained about $2,000, he said.
