Shreveport Police Department PO Box P · Shreveport, LA 71161 · 318/673-6932 · Fax: 318/673-6933 www.ci.shreveport.la.us/dept/police/spdnews FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Oct. 27, 2000 Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer Quick Stop robbery suspect arrested Detectives arrested a Shreveport teen-ager for the armed robbery of the Quick Stop Grocery in the 3000 Block of Greenwood Road one week ago. The 16-year-old juvenile was arrested Friday afternoon after several citizens in the area called police and named the suspect. He was arrested at a local high school about 12:45 p.m. today. Surveillance video from the robbery showed a thin black male wearing a ski mask, white t-shirt and black pants. The male entered the store with a handgun, pointing it at the two people behind the counter. The owner of the store was seen giving the man money and then answering a ringing phone. As the owner talked on the phone, the robber asked for more money. The owner then handed him more money, and the robber ran out of the store. The owner then hung up the phone and ran after the suspect with a gun.
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