Germantown, MD – A man armed with a handgun robbed a Germantown McDonald’s restaurant and the entire event was captured by the company’s surveillance video system.
According to the Montgomery Police Department, on Tuesday, March 1st, officers responded to an armed robbery of the McDonald’s restaurant in the 12900 block of Middlebrook Rd. in Germantown.
Detectives on Thursday released surveillance video of the male suspect and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying him.
“At approximately 7:15 p.m., 5th District Officers responded to the location for the report of an armed robbery that just occurred,” the Montgomery County Police Department said in a statement. “The investigation by detectives has determined that the suspect entered the restaurant, approached a cashier and ordered some food. The suspect provided the cashier with some money to pay for the food. When the cashier opened the cash register, the suspect leaped onto the counter with a black handgun in his hand, removed an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register, then fled the scene.”
Detectives reviewed the surveillance footage of the restaurant and obtained a physical description of the suspect.