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Robber holds up Portsmouth convenience store at gunpoint

Posted at 12:05 AM, Jun 03, 2015
and last updated 2015-06-03 00:05:07-04

Portsmouth, Va. – Portsmouth police need your help to find a bold robber who walked into a Portsmouth convenience store and robbed the employees inside.

This happened at the Big Apple Food Mart in the 3900 block of Twin Pines Road.

Calls came in to emergency officials at 8:25 p.m.  on Tuesday.

Detectives say the man went into the store, took out a gun, demanded money from the employees. The workers gave the robber the cash and the suspect them left the store.

No one was injured.

If you know anything that could lead to an arrest, please call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.