Robbery Discription

The following is a description of a video of a convenience store robbery in which a man with a gun directs two store employees to an area off camera, takes something from them, and then presumably leaves the store.

The robber is black, about the same height as the taller of the two employees. He’s wearing a black baseball cap with a silver or light-coloured decal on the front. The cap is being worn over the hood of a gray zip-up sweatshirt. Also over the sweatshirt, he has a dark-brown or black bomber-style leather jacket. The drawstring of the sweatshirt hangs out below the jacket. He’s wearing blue-jeans and black shoes. In his left hand, he carries a pistol, perhaps a revolver.

As the video begins, the robber, who seems calm throughout, directs one of the employees into the cash area. Following the employee, he puts a long, thin, white object, likely a cigarette, into his mouth with his right hand. He pauses at the entrance to the cash area and waits for the second employee to come from another part of the store. In a few seconds, the second employee enters the cash area followed by the robber. As he enters, the employee turns toward the cash register in the foreground of the scene, but the robber indicates that he should join the other employee, who has moved off-screen to the right, away from the two visible cash registers. The employee complies and the robber follows him, ignoring the two cash registers.

After standing at the right edge of the screen for about 20 seconds, the robber heads back towards the exit, putting something that might be cash into his right front pocket. He leaves the cash area and exits at the bottom of the screen, heading to the right of the screen. Once he is gone, the employees reach under the counter. One picks up a phone and dials it. The entire incident lasts about a minute and a half.

-Brett