Crime & Safety
Masked Men Rob Store At Gunpoint
Two men wearing a clown and a wolf mask robbed a Wesley Chapel store at gunpoint early Thursday morning.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FL — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for two masked men deputies say held up a Wesley Chapel 7-Eleven store at gunpoint early Thursday morning.
According to the agency, two men walked into the 27219 Wesley Chapel Blvd. store just after 1:30 a.m. April 13. The men were both wearing masks: one a clown and the other what deputies believe was a wolf mask.
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“One suspect pointed a Glock-type pistol at the clerk and demanded money,” a Thursday morning email from the agency said. The clerk, deputies noted, quickly complied.
The men took off from the store after getting the cash is what is believed to be a white Toyota Camry.
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Anyone with information about the suspects or the crime is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 1-800-706-2488.
No further information is available at this time.
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