West Fargo Police respond to armed robbery Tuesday evening

 

At 7:39 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, West Fargo police officers were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery at Jimmy John's at 749 23rd Avenue East in West Fargo. The suspect entered the store and pointed a handgun at the employee demanding money. The staff member opened the safe and complied with the demands.

The suspect was described to officers as a light skinned African-American male, 5' 6" tall, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, and was wearing a black cloth face mask. The suspect left out the back door and got into a white vehicle and drove west bound into River's Bend where he abandoned the vehicle.

If you have any information regarding this incident or the suspect, you are urged to call the West Fargo Police Department at 701-433-5500. No further information will be released at this time as it’s an ongoing investigation.