Armed Robbery Suspect Threatened to Kill Gas Station Attendant, Before Taking Several Thousand Dollars

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Philadelphia Police Department is searching for a man driving a car with Delaware plates who robbed a city gas station at gunpoint.

According to police, on Sunday, at 4:25am, an unknown black male entered the Ridge Gas and Mini Mart located at 2300 Ridge Ave and distracted the employee enabling him to get behind the counter.

“When the employee attempted to stop him, the suspect showed the employee a gun and demands the employee to open the cash register threatening to shoot the employee,” police said. “After taking several thousand dollars from a cash box and the cash registers, the suspect fled the area in an unknown direction. The suspect arrives at and leaves the location in a late model Audi sedan which may have had a Delaware tag on it.”