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PICTURES: Robber points gun at Richmond store clerk

Posted at 11:04 AM, Nov 15, 2012
and last updated 2012-11-15 11:39:58-05

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Police are looking the men who robbed a South Richmond Family Dollar store. Police released pictures of one suspect taken by a store security camera.

“At approximately 8:47 p.m. Wednesday, two armed men entered the Family Dollar store at 6520 Midlothian Turnpike, assaulted the clerk and robbed the store at gunpoint,” Richmond Police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh wrote in an email. ” The first robber is described as a black male with a medium complexion, 20-30 years old, 5’10”-6’00” and who was last seen wearing a black skull cap and a dark denim jacket. The second robber is described as a black male, 18-28 years of age, 5’-10”-6’00” and weighing approximately 160 pounds.”

Police said the robbers may have gotten away in a gold or silver pick-up truck with a dent on the driver’s side door.

Call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 if you can help police.