Burger King Manager Opens Door for Maintenance Crew, Finds Armed Robber

The manager of the Burger King at 20590 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. had just closed the restaurant when he heard the rear door buzzer shortly after midnight Wednesday.

He thought the maintenance crew had arrived, so he went to the back and opened the door.

But instead of the maintenance crew, he found a man with a semi-automatic pistol, according to the Tampa Police Department.

The man “racked the slide” or loaded a bullet into the chamber of the gun, police said.

The manager fled to the front of the store, and the man went to the office where he took about $100 from the cash drawer, police said.

The man dropped several bills before fleeing through the rear door in an unknown direction, police said. There were no injuries.

Police said the robber is described as a black man in his early 20s, approximately 5-feet, 11-inches tall with a slim to medium build and short hair. He was wearing mirrored sunglasses, a white bandana or T-shirt over his nose and mouth, a light blue long sleeve T-shirt, light colored pants and black gloves.