Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing the Walgreens Pharmacy on Sumner Avenue at The X Thursday evening.
SPRINGFIELD - Police are looking for a man suspected of robbing the Walgreens Pharmacy on Sumner Avenue at The X Thursday evening.
Around 6:45 p.m., the robbery was reported and police arrived within seconds.
The suspect is described as an older, dark-skinned black man, approximately 6-feet tall, with a scar on the right side of his face starting near his lip. He was wearing a black Red Sox hat with a white B, blue jeans and was last seen on foot traveling south on Dickinson Street toward Longmeadow.
It in unclear if the man actually got away with money or merchandise.
Springfield police have obtained surveillance footage from the store and are working to identify the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Springfield police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355.
Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to “CRIMES,” or “274637,” and then beginning the body of the message with the word “SOLVE.”