By Khalida Sarwari
A man wearing a black ski mask robbed a 7-Eleven store in Palo Alto at gunpoint on Thursday morning, police said.
The robbery happened at about 6:15 a.m. Thursday at the 7-Eleven located at 708 Colorado Ave., according to police.
A man walked into the store with a handgun and asked for money. The clerk, who was the only person in the store at the time, handed over an undisclosed amount of cash and the suspect fled on foot, then possibly drove away in a red sedan, police said.
The suspect remains at large. He was described as standing six feet tall with a medium build. He was wearing all dark clothing, dark sunglasses and dark gloves.
No one was harmed in the course of the robbery, which does not appear to be connected to two street robberies in Palo Alto and Menlo Park on Tuesday, police said.
Police are asking anyone with information about the robbery to call the department’s 24-hour dispatch center at (650) 329-2413, e-mail anonymous tips to paloalto@tipnow.org, or send anonymous voicemails or text messages to (650) 383-8984.
