Claiming to have a gun, a man stole around $500 from the 7-Eleven convenience store at 7749 Roosevelt Road on Thursday, March 24 a little after 10:30 p.m., according to the police.
Described in the report as a skinny man in his 20s wearing a full ski mask, he walked into the business and asked for a pack of cigars, then told the clerk “open the register or I’ll shoot you” after he turned to retrieve the item. The alleged thief did not show a gun.
The man left with nearly $500 from the cash registers and fled the store on foot. A witness later reported seeing a man in a black ski mask running in the 7600 block of Fillmore Street. He reportedly entered a silver Chevrolet Impala that drove away from the area, according to the witness.
No one was arrested.
This information was obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.
