Gainesville Police is looking for a man connected to a Monday night robbery at a Kangaroo Express gas station on West University Avenue.
At about 11:20 p.m. Monday, the man walked into the gas station, on the 900 block of West University Avenue, and told the cashier he had a weapon, said GPD spokesman Ben Tobias.
The man stole the money from the cash register and fled from the store, running north on Northwest 10th Street.
When police arrived at the scene, a GPD K-9 unit searched the area but could not find the man, Tobias said.
He added that the man waited for all the store’s customers to leave before he walked up to the cashier.
A GPD news release described the man to be 20 to 30 years old with short, brown hair.
A surveillance video showed the man walking into the store wearing a black cap, gray flannel shirt, gray pants and white tennis shoes during the robbery.
If you have any information about this case, please contact GPD detectives at 352-393-7670 or text “GPDFL” plus your tip to 274637.
Contact Kathryn Varn at kvarn@alligator.org.
