Community Notification: Robbery/Firearm

Incident: Robbery/Firearm
Date: 10 January 2012 8:25pm
Location: 131 Wentworth Street (2 Brothers convenience store)
Suspects’ Description:  Black male, tall, skinny, approximately 20-30 years old, dark clothing with cap and handkerchief over nose and mouth, wearing gloves.
Incident Description: Victim was sitting near the open back door of the convenience store when the suspect entered the store and brandished a silver handgun.  The suspect told the victim to get up and move to the front of the store, leading him at gunpoint.  The suspect ordered the victim to open the register and empty the cash, and then to give him his wallet.  Suspect then told the victim to leave the wallet due to the police being able to trace the credit cards and driver’s license.  Suspect told the victim not to call the police and gave back the wallet before taking a pack of Newport cigarettes.  Victim was led back to the rear of the store, where the suspect informed him “if you call the police, I’ll come back and kill you”.  Suspect then fled through the rear door.  Witnesses saw the suspect attempt to enter a silver in color Grand Marquis, possibly tinted windows and possibly a SC tag) parked on Pitt Street.  The suspect saw the witnesses and got out of the car and yelled at them to go back into the house.  The suspect then took out a handgun and fired three shots left-handed at them before getting in the vehicle.  The vehicle then left west down Beaufain Street.