Details Of Armed Robbery At Grocery Store Released: Mount Prospect PD

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL — Police have released more details regarding an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday night at a grocery store. An investigation is ongoing and police are still searching for a suspect.

Mount Prospect police responded to a report of an armed robbery at around 5:32 p.m. Wednesday, at El Amigo Carniceria, 403 East Euclid Ave. A man had entered the store, displayed a black-colored handgun, and demanded money from the clerk. He then fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money, according to police.

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The man — described as Hispanic, between the ages of 35 and 45, around 5-foot-4 to 5-foot-6, with a medium build, wearing a black hoodie and black pants — left the area in a white SUV.

Police said the store clerk, along with another employee in the store, were not injured. There were no customers in the store at the time of the robbery.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this crime to call the Mount Prospect Police Department's Investigations Section at 847-870-5654.