Investigators Ask For Help In North Houston Robbery Case

HOUSTON, TX -- Harris County Sheriff’s Office Robbery investigators need the public’s help in identifying the man who robbed a Valero station at gunpoint on Wednesday, March 1, in west Harris County.

Investigators said that at around 12:45 am a man who was wearing a light colored shirt and grey colored pants with a tan or light colored baseball hat with POLO on the tab, came inside the store located in the 2200 block of Fry Road, and looked around the cooler area at energy drinks.

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The clerk told investigators that the man asked a question, and then left the store, and short time later, retured and walked around the store, before leaving again.

A short time later, the man returned and is now wearing a distinctive black colored hoodie with red lettering on the front.

Investigators said the approached the clerk, pulled a tan and brown colored mask over the bottom part of his face and demanded the money at gunpoint.

The young man got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled from the store on foot in an unknown direction.

The video link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd5yJgoo6wc

Anyone with information on this subject should call the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Robbery division at 713-274-9210.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and/or arrest of the suspect in this case. Information may be reported by calling 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org.

Tips may also be sent via a text message by texting the following: TIP610 plus the information to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.

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