Police Searching for Suspect in Armed Assault on Wellington Avenue

CRANSTON, RI—Cranston police are looking for an armed robber who demanded money and pistol-whipped a victim walking north under the Interstate 95 overpass on Wellington Avenue on Saturday.

Police said the suspect, described as a man in his late 20s or early 30s with average height and weight, approached the victim at around 7 a.m. and brandished a black semi-automatic styled handgun.

The suspect then assaulted the victim, "which included striking him with the handgun," police said.

The suspect was wearing a dark baseball cap, dark T-shirt, white plaid colored shorts and black sneakers. He reportedly left the scene in a 2005 to 2007 Saturn Vue toward Providence.

Anyone with information is asked to call Cranston Police Det. Bob Lindsay at 401-477-51442 or Det. Dave Boucher at 401-477-5141.

All photos courtesy: Cranston Police Department.