Crime & Safety

Police Search for Armed Robbery Suspect

Police released a sketch of a suspect in the armed robbery of the Rush's on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia.

Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Rush's in West Columbia at gunpoint Saturday morning.

A black man in his mid-20s entered the restaurant at 2332 Sunset Boulevard just before 8 a.m., according to West Columbia Police. He was armed with a black revolver.Β 

Police say the man was about 6 feet tall and was wearing baggy, stone-washed jeans, a brown or tan toboggan and light-colored tennis shoes.Β 

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He left Rush's in a light blue Chrysler 300, traveling west on Sunset Boulevard, police say.Β 

Anyone with information on the suspect or the crimes should contact the West Columbia Police Department at 803-794-0721, ext. 1.

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