2 Masked Men Attempt To Rob Pharmacy, 1 Captured By Employees: PD

NEW HAVEN, CT — Tuesday afternoon, two masked men walked into a Chapel Street pharmacy in an attempt to rob the location of money and drugs, police said.

It was just past 4:30 p.m. when police got a call from Metro Pharmacy, 1291 Chapel St., alerting authorities the drug store was being robbed. When cops arrived, they found one of the masked men being held by pharmacy staff, police posted on "X."

One claimed to have a gun and threatened to shoot clerk if he didn’t "hand over money, medication" at Metro Pharmacy on Chapel St., with one claiming to have a gun, and "threatening to shoot the clerk in the leg if he didn’t hand over money and medication,"

Employees told Officer Trevor Brown that the two men, described as white, entered the store, wearing masks with one claiming to have a gun and "threatening to shoot the clerk in the leg if he didn’t hand over money and medication," police said. "As they were moving toward the rear of the store, the clerks fought back against the suspects, managing to restrain one," later identified as 57-year-old Anthony Freeza. The other masked man fled on foot toward Dwight Street, police said, describing him as a white male in his 50s, wearing a blue sweatshirt.

Freeza was treated "for minor injuries, sustained during the fight" at the nearby Saint Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital, police said. He was charged with robbery, assault and criminal mischief.

Two store employees suffered minor injuries and were also treated at the hospital.

Anyone with information sis asked to call New Haven police at 203-946-6304.