Police: Armed robber gets away with cash from Carrick store
A Carrick store was robbed at gunpoint early Monday, authorities said.
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a clerk said a masked robber accosted a customer and jumped behind the counter to demand money at a store in the 1900 block of Brownsville Road.
The incident happened just before 3 a.m.
No injuries were reported, Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokeswoman Cara Cruz said.
According to the clerk, a man wearing a full ski mask and gloves brandished a gun and demanded the safe be opened, Cruz said.
The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash and a bank bag.
The investigation is ongoing.
Tawnya Panizzi is a TribLive reporter. She joined the Trib in 1997. She can be reached at tpanizzi@triblive.com.
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