Police look for gunman in Bloomington stick-up

Posted on October 5, 2017

 

Bloomington Police Department
Bloomington Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened outside the Hucks gas station on Hershey Road. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are looking for a gunman who robbed someone outside an east side gas station at about 10:30 Thursday morning.

No injuries were reported at the Hucks station at 501 N. Hershey Rd.

Police said a man approached the victim in the parking lot, displayed a firearm, and demanded money.

The robber was said to have made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and ran off to the north on foot.

The suspect is described as a black man, possibly in the 30s, with a slender build, and his height is approximately 5-feet-8.

Anyone with information is asked to call Bloomington Police Detective Jared Roth at (309) 434-2379 or McLean County Crime Stoppers at (309) 828-1111.

Detective Roth can also be reached at [email protected]

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected].

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