Wilmington Police officers are investigating a five-man armed robbery of a local convenience store.
According to Wilmington Police Department Spokeswoman Lucy Crockett, just after 9 p.m. Thursday, store employees at Russell’s Quik Stop, 2101 Castle St., reported they were robbed by five men at gunpoint.
As the five suspects entered, one after another, one of the men approached the counter and demanded money, Crockett said. Another suspect tried to climb over the counter, but fell to the ground after he hit his head on the cigarette rack.
Crockett said one suspect was reported to have taken a bank bag containing cash from behind the counter. All five suspects were said to have left the store together, headed south on Wrightsville Avenue, Crockett said.
The victims described the five suspects as black males wearing hooded sweatshirts. One suspect was wearing sunglasses inside the store, Crockett said.
Police have questioned several people in the area who matched the general descriptions given, but Crockett said there have been no arrests in this case.
Crockett said this case remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Wilmington Police Department at (910) 343-3600. Information can be submitted anonymously though Text-A-Tip by entering Tip708 with the information and sent to CRIMES (274637).
