Police searching for suspect in attempted robbery of east Las Vegas store
Las Vegas police are searching for a man who tried to rob a convenience store while dressed as a security guard.
The robbery was reported about 8 p.m. Wednesday at a store on the 4000 block of East Tropicana Avenue, according to a Metropolitan Police Department release.
Police said the man entered the store with a gun and demanded money from the safe, but fled empty-handed when he found out employees couldn’t open it.
The man is about 20 to 25 years old, 5-foot-9 with a medium build, and wore a blue security guard shirt and a black baseball cap with the word “security” on it during the robbery.
Anyone with information on the robbery attempt can contact Metro’s robbery section at 702-828-3591, or Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 to remain anonymous.
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