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.
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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).
