SELAH, Wash. — For the second time this week, an armed robber took cash and cigarettes from a store in the Yakima area.
The incident was reported late Wednesday at the Shell gas station off Interstate 82 near the main gate to the Yakima Training Center.
Yakima County sheriff’s deputies say a man knocked on the store’s locked door just before 11:30 p.m. When an employee opened the door for him, he showed a gun and demanded money.
He received an undisclosed amount of cash and also took the cigarettes before he left, deputies say.
Immediately after, callers reported gunfire in the area. Authorities believe the robber may have fired the shots to intimidate the clerk and a witness at the store.
Deputies, state troopers and training center police soon arrived but could not locate the suspect.
He was described as a clean shaven, light complected Hispanic, in his 20s and about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds. He was wearing a blue stocking cap, black coat and black jeans.
On Monday night, two men armed with machetes robbed the Yakima Walgreens store at 40th and Summitview avenues of cash and cigarettes.
In another robbery in which cash was taken, two men armed with guns held up the Shell station on South First Street in Selah on Tuesday night.
— Mark Morey
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/12/24/man-with-gun-robs-selah-gas-station
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