ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Asheville Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in identifying an armed robber who held up a convenience store on Hendersonville Road this week.
According to APD, the robber arrived around 7:54 a.m., Thursday, June 11 to a store on the 600 block of Hendersonville Road. Officers reported that the suspect, a Black man in his early 40s, was wearing a mask and a hoodie and made a small purchase. Later, he returned to the counter with a gun and demanded that the clerk give him money. The suspect left the store with $407 in cash and drove southbound on Hendersonville Road in a white Infiniti four-door sedan with tinted windows.
The suspect was described as wearing “a black and white flannel shirt, mask, hat and blue jeans.”
Detectives ask that if you have any information about this incident or the identity of the suspect, please contact APD at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville PD” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.
