WASHINGTON — Montgomery County Police are searching for a suspect after a Shell employee suffered a head wound during a Silver Spring, Maryland, robbery Friday morning.
Police initially said the clerk was shot, but the preliminary investigation reveals the suspect entered the Shell and produced a handgun. During the course of the robbery, the suspect struck the victim on the head with the handgun.
The worker is expected to survive.
Police say the robbery at a Shell station near University Boulevard and U.S. 29, where an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen, occurred as one clerk was coming to work and another leaving. It happened around 6:30 a.m.
The injured clerk went to a 7-Eleven across University Boulevard for help.
Surveillance footage shows the suspect running toward Colesville Road.
Police describe the suspect as white or Hispanic, about 5-foot-8, wearing a black jacket and black pants. During the robbery, his face was partially covered. His age is uncertain.
.@MCPnews K9 tries to sniff out shooter in Four Corners robbery at Shell Gas University/Colesville #WTOP pic.twitter.com/XUoTNkHKBO
— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) April 17, 2015
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— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) April 17, 2015
Police assisted in getting students at nearby Montgomery Blair High School into school safely.
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call Major Crimes at 240-773-5070 or Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).
