Police responded to a report of an armed robbery at State Street Gas & Ara Convenience Store, 560 State St., around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD -- Police are investigating an armed robbery reported at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at State Street Gas & Ara Convenience Store, 560 State St.
A gun-toting assailant demanded proceeds from a store cash register, but it was not immediately known how much money -- if any -- was taken during the robbery.
The suspect was described in police reports as a black man with a pencil-line beard. He was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing as he fled east on State Street, police said.
Springfield Police Lt. Robert Moynihan said officers continued to search for the suspect as a detective interviewed witnesses. The State Street store is located at the corner of St. James Avenue and borders the Old Hill and McKnight neighborhoods.
"They're at the crime scene investigating right now," Moynihan said shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
More information will be posted on MassLive.com as it becomes available.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a State Street convenience store that was robbed at gunpoint around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday:
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