New Haven police are investigating an armed robbery at 7-Eleven on Foxon Boulevard on Sunday.
Police responded to the 7-Eleven at 400 Foxon Boulevard at 2:41 p.m. Sunday to investigate a robbery in progress and two store employees said the robber asked for two lottery tickets and walked to the self-service food island after the clerk completed the transaction.
As the clerk waited on other customers, the robber came around the counter and toward the register, but the clerk said the area was for employees only.
At that point, the robber pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded he open the register. When the clerk did, the robber grabbed a handful of cash, then ordered the employee to the floor, police said.
Another employee was watching the robbery unfold on surveillance monitors from the manager’s office.
Police said the crook ran through the front door and no store employees or customers were harmed.
The robber was a bearded man, between 5-feet-8 and 5-feet-10, has an average build and wore a black hooded sweatshirt under a black jacket, dark jeans and white sneakers.
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He has a glove on his right hand and held a black “Glock” type pistol.
Witnesses said he went east on Eastern Street.
No one was hurt during the robbery and police are trying to identify the person responsible.
