Written by Claudia Cruz
A masked gunman robbed the Shell gas station on Embarcadero Rd. near Highway 101 Tuesday morning, the Palo Alto Police Department reports.
The unknown suspect fled in a gray Acura MDX sport utility vehicle. The three gas station attendees weren't injured.
Palo Alto Police dispatch received a call around 11:18 a.m. on July 2 that the gas station at 1161 Embarcadero Rd. had been robbed by an armed suspect who wore a handkerchief mask. According to the PAPD, the suspect pointed a black semi-automatic pistol and demanded money. The victims—three employees in the booth, a man in his fifties, a woman in her forties and a woman in her thirties—handed the money over.
The suspect left driving southbound on 101. After an area check officer didn't locate the suspect.
The suspect has been described as a black male, about six feet tall with a thin build, who wore a black hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and a white handkerchief over his face.
His age couldn't be determined by the victims.
Detectives from the Palo Alto Police Department continue to investigate and ask that anyone with information call our 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984.
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