Clerk unharmed in armed robbery
TROY, Mich. – Police in Troy are looking for a man who robbed a gas station with an AK-47.
According to authorities, the armed robbery happened at about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 30, at the Shell Gas Station near the intersection of Rochester Road and South Boulevard, just south of M-59.
Police said the man entered the gas station with what appeared to be an AK-47, pointed it at the clerk and demanded money. After being given cash, he ran off.
“Put your hands on your head and count to a hundred,” he can be heard telling the clerk. “You move, you die.”
Surveillance footage of the robbery can be watched in the video player above.
No injuries were reported. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Troy Police Department at 248-524-0777.
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