West Washington Street store robbed at gunpoint

Published 9:24 pm Sunday, March 6, 2022

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Suffolk Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Washington Food Store in the 700 block of West Washington Street  at 8:02 p.m. Sunday.

The robber entered the store wearing a mask, produced a handgun, obtained an unknown amount of money and fled the scene on foot.  There were no reported injuries.

If anyone has information regarding this incident, please contact Suffolk Police or Suffolk Crime Line.  To submit online, go to www.p3tips.com, visit www.suffolkva.us/spd and look for the Suffolk Crime Line link, or go to the Suffolk Police Department Facebook page, www.facebook.com/suffolkpolicedepartment. You can also call 888-LOCK-U-UP, 1-888-562-5887, Option 5. Once a person submits a tip, they will be given a TIP ID and password. With this information they can login at p3tips.com and submit follow-up information, engage in two-way dialogue, be informed of the outcome of the tip, and access any pertinent reward information.

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