Second Convenience Store Robbed At Gunpoint

July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.

By Staff Report-

SYRACUSE - Police are investigating the second armed robbery of a convenience store in as many nights.

A report of an armed robbery at Price C Store on North Turkey Creek Road, Syracuse, was dispatched about 9:40 p.m. Friday - less than 24 hours from the time of another armed robbery under investigation. Katie's Kwikmart on South Main Street in Leesburg was robbed about 10:25 p.m. Thursday as employees were preparing to close the store.

In both robberies, it was indicated that the suspect carried a silver handgun and wore a mask to conceal his identity.

A K-9 and night-vision goggles were brought in to search a perimeter that was set up Friday night after the suspect fled from the Pride C Store on foot.

The suspect in the previous robbery reportedly ran from the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and got into a waiting vehicle north of the store.

At press time, no information was available as to what, if anything, Friday's robber garnered.

Anyone with information regarding either of these crimes is asked to call the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department at 267-5667 or Crime Stoppers at 800-342-STOP. [[In-content Ad]]

SYRACUSE - Police are investigating the second armed robbery of a convenience store in as many nights.

A report of an armed robbery at Price C Store on North Turkey Creek Road, Syracuse, was dispatched about 9:40 p.m. Friday - less than 24 hours from the time of another armed robbery under investigation. Katie's Kwikmart on South Main Street in Leesburg was robbed about 10:25 p.m. Thursday as employees were preparing to close the store.

In both robberies, it was indicated that the suspect carried a silver handgun and wore a mask to conceal his identity.

A K-9 and night-vision goggles were brought in to search a perimeter that was set up Friday night after the suspect fled from the Pride C Store on foot.

The suspect in the previous robbery reportedly ran from the store with an undisclosed amount of cash and got into a waiting vehicle north of the store.

At press time, no information was available as to what, if anything, Friday's robber garnered.

Anyone with information regarding either of these crimes is asked to call the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department at 267-5667 or Crime Stoppers at 800-342-STOP. [[In-content Ad]]

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