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Metro looking for suspect in pharmacy robbery

Las Vegas police are looking for this suspect in a robbery of the CVS Pharmacy at 7295 S. Durango Drive on April 6, 2016. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
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By LAWREN LINEHAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
April 21, 2016 - 7:10 am
 

Las Vegas police need the public’s help in locating a robbery suspect.

The 5-foot-11-inch black male in his 20s, wearing a white hat and dark sweats, entered a CVS Pharmacy, 7295 S. Durango Drive, near Warm Springs Road, about 8:20 p.m. April 6, police said.

He waited in the store, watching employees, for about 20 minutes before pulling out a small handgun, jumping on the store counter and stealing several bottles of prescription medication, according to Metro.

The man fled the store through an emergency exit.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Metro’s Robbery Section at (702) 828-3591 or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0391. Find @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

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