On Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at approximately 1:20 a.m., Emergency Communications received a call for a robbery at the BP gas store located in the 3000 block of Holland Rd., near the intersection of Dam Neck Rd., in the City of Virginia Beach.
Police responded to the scene and spoke with the two clerks. One clerk stated that the suspect approached the counter, displayed a knife, and ordered him to open the cash drawer. The second clerk came from the back room and startled the suspect. The suspect struck the clerk and fled the store on foot without obtaining any money. The clerk was treated at the scene for minor injuries to the face.
The suspect is described as black male, eighteen to twenty-five years old, 5’09” to 6’00” tall and a thin build. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, dark pants, black gloves, a mask covering the lower portion of his face, and a Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap. He was armed with a knife.