SYRACUSE - A man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt brandished a gun and demanded money from a Syracuse business Monday night.
According to the Syracuse Police Department, an armed man entered the Liquor Locker at 100 N. Huntington St., Syracuse, around 9:41 p.m. and demanded money.
The man, described as 5-foot-9-inches tall and 165 to 190 pounds, wore a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes, and showed a black semi-automatic handgun during the incident.
After showing the gun inside the store, the man demanded money from a store employee, then told the employee to lie on the floor.
The suspect left the store with an undetermined amount of cash.
The employee was not injured in the robbery.
According to a witness driving by the store at the time of the robbery, the robber left the building and ran east toward Henry Ward Park.
While a K-9 officer was called in to conduct a search, the suspect was not found.
Video surveillance from the store is being reviewed by the investigators, and anyone with any information about the robbery should call the Syracuse Police Department at 574-457-3366 or Crime Stoppers at 800-382-STOP.
The Syracuse Police Department was assisted by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, Milford Police Department, North Webster Police Department and Winona Lake Police Department.
