A man was robbed outside a convenience store by a suspect in his late teens or early 20s.
Falls Township police said they responded to the 7-Eleven in the 900 block of Trenton Road at 6:47 p.m. Tuesday for reports of an armed robbery.
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Officers spoke with the victim, who told them he was walking from the store to his car when the suspect approached him. The victim was told by the suspect to empty his pockets and was robbed, according to police.
The suspect displayed a black semi-automatic handgun during the robbery. The gun was reported to be “racked” at the time, police said.
The suspect was last seen running south on Trenton Road, toward Pennsylvania Avenue, police said.
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The suspect is described by investigators as being a thin, white male in his late teens to early twenties, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10. He was wearing blue jeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt with a white insignia on the front.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact Detective Dennis O’Connell at 215-302-3308 or via email at oconnellpd@fallstwp.com.
