A masked gunman pointed a handgun fitted with an extended magazine at a cashier inside a Selma gas station before dawn Monday, demanded cash, and ran off into the early morning darkness. No one was hurt, but police are still trying to track down the man responsible.
The robbery happened around 5:26 a.m. at the Sunoco gas station at 2297 Cecil Jackson Bypass, according to WSFA. Police described the suspect as an unidentified Black man who entered the business wearing gray pants, red Jordan sneakers, a black hooded jacket and a mask. He pointed the black handgun at the cashier and demanded money before running east with an undisclosed amount of cash, the station reported. No injuries were reported in the robbery, according to police.
Investigators Comb for Clues
Selma investigators are now collecting evidence from the scene and working to obtain nearby surveillance footage that could help identify the suspect, per the same WSFA report. No details have been released about whether that footage has turned up any leads, and the suspect's identity remains unknown for now.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Selma Police Department Criminal Investigation Division at 334-874-6611 or CrimeStoppers at 334-215-STOP (7861).
Pattern of Armed Holdups in Selma
This is not the first time that stretch of Selma has drawn police attention. Investigators previously said suspects fired into a car on Cecil Jackson Bypass on April 2, according to a separate WSFA report on that shooting case. And in another incident, the Selma Police Department released surveillance video of an armed robbery at a Family Dollar on Broad Street, hoping the public could help identify the suspects, according to the Selma Times-Journal. In that case, three unknown assailants entered the business on the 1,000 block of Broad Street just before 6:40 p.m. on a Tuesday night. No connection between that case and Monday's Sunoco robbery has been established, and each remains a separate investigation.
