Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: July 31, 2007

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Robbery of gas station

Shreveport Police Department responded to a call of an armed robbery at the Otto's convenience store in the 600 block of E. 70th Street at 8:30 a.m. today.

A black male armed with a gun entered the store and demanded money. After getting an undetermined amount of cash, he left the store on foot.

He was wearing a gray hooded sweater and jeans. He appeared to be in his early 20s, about 6'2" tall with a thin build and a dark complexion.

No one was injured.

-spd-

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