Police Looking For Man Involved In Armed Robbery At 7 Eleven

Police are searching for a male suspect believed to have held a 7 Eleven clerk at gunpoint during a robbery, according to a police statement.

Officers responded to the 7 Eleven at 39620 Cedar Blvd. around 12:40 a.m. Friday after the clerk called police and said a man pointed a gun at him and demanded money, police said.

The suspect is decribed as a white male adult about 6 foot tall and 155 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black sunglasses and his face was covered with a black bandana, according to police.

The man was last seen fleeing on foot northbound on Cedar Boulevard.

Any person with any information is asked to contact the Newark Police Department's non-emergency line at 510-578-4237 or the department's Silent Witness Hotline at 510-578-4000, extension 500.

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