Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Oct 09, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Jim Taliaferro, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police seek 2 men for Armed Robbery

Shreveport Police need the public's help in finding two men who robber the Circle K convenience store in the 1900 block of Centenary.

Shortly after 7:00 PM two black men walked into the Circle K with several patrons inside the store. One of the black men, described as being between 6-3 and 6-5 tall with a heavy build, pulled out a black semi-automatic handgun and fired one shot into the ceiling as soon as he entered the store.

On the video at time code 7:07:00 you can see him firing the shot with a customer standing next to him. The customers inside the store at the time of the robbery were forced to the ground, while a second black male, described as being between 5-8 and 5-10 tall with a thin build went behind the register to get an undisclosed amount of money.

Once they armed robbers collected the money the fled the store eastbound on Olive toward Youree Drive.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Tactical Robbery Unit at 673-6955 or Crime Stoppers at 673-7373.

Information can be left with Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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