Search For Armed 7Eleven Robbery Suspect

UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA — The Pierce County Sheriff's Department has released new surveillance footage showing the suspect in an armed robbery earlier this month.

The video was taken just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, and according to deputies shows the suspect as he steals several items from the 7Eleven on Orchard St. W. in University Place.

As the video shows, the man calmly picks out several items and takes them to the register, but as the clerk begins to ring them all up, he grabs the bag and runs from the store.

The clerk followed the suspect outside the store to confront him, which is when deputies say he drew a handgun and threatened the clerk. He then fled east towards a nearby apartment building.

The man is described as a white male in his 20s with a slender building and auburn or brown hair. He was wearing a black bandana, white shirt with tan pants, black and gray Nikes and a Cincinnati Reds baseball hat.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect is asked to call either the Pierce County Sheriff's Department or University Place Police.