Gas station robbed at gunpoint on Old Baltimore Pike

Valero Shore Stop, 796 Old Baltimore Pike (Photo: Google maps)
Valero Shore Stop, 796 Old Baltimore Pike (Photo: Google maps)

BEAR, DELAWARE (9/8/2015) Two masked robbers, one armed with a handgun, robbed a Valero Shore Stop gas station/convenience store at 796 Old Baltimore Pike, the Delaware State Police reported this morning.

The robbery happened just before 10 p.m. Monday, when the two robbers confronted a male clerk. He turned over cash and cigarettes to them and they fled.

The clerk was not hurt.

Both robbers were described as black males. One, armed with a handgun, was thin and wearing a long-sleeved black shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers.

The other was medium build and was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, blue jean shorts and white sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 302-365-8566.

Tips also may be submitted anonymously through Delaware Crime Stoppers, which offers rewards, at 800-847-3333 or www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.

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