Crime

Surveillance photos show masked men robbing Shawnee convenience store


An alleged robber points a handgun during a robbery of a Shawnee store early Sunday.
An alleged robber points a handgun during a robbery of a Shawnee store early Sunday. Shawnee Police Department

Police released surveillance photos that show two men armed with a handgun robbing a Shawnee convenience store Sunday morning.

Police hope the photos lead to tips that help solve the armed robbery of the Fuel Expresso in the 23000 block of West 83rd Street.

A witness told police that two men wearing masks entered the convenience store shortly before 6 a.m. They displayed a handgun and demanded money from the cash registers as well as cigarettes, according to police.

The robbers fled in a silver Doge Stratus, which was found a short time later in the 8300 block of Woodsonia Drive, near Johnson Drive and Kansas 7 in western Shawnee.

The car, police said, had been stolen the night before in Kansas City.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Shawnee police at 913-631-2150 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (474-8477).

Robert A. Cronkleton, bcronkleton@kcstar.com

This story was originally published October 7, 2014 at 8:49 AM with the headline "Surveillance photos show masked men robbing Shawnee convenience store."

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