Suffolk Gas Station Employee Stabbed In Chest During Robbery

PATCHOGUE, NY – An employee at a Patchogue gas station was stabbed during a robbery early Thursday, police said.

Suffolk Police say three men entered the Coastal station located at 279 West Main St., displayed a knife and demanded cash at about 1:10 a.m. One of the men stabbed the male cashier in the chest, and then the three men fled the scene on foot.

The employee was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

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