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Armed Robbery of Convenience Store Reported in Newark's North Ward

Newark

Police are investigating and armed robbery that happened at a convenience store in the city's North Ward.

Officers responded to reports of an armed robbery in progress that happened at a store in the 400 block of Summer Avenue at around 11 a.m.this morning.

Officers arrived to the scene to find several employees in the store who reported to them that two black males (who were wearing masks and dark clothing) rushed into the store armed with weapons.

The suspects reportedly took an undetermined amount of cash from the register before they fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction.

There were no physical injuries reported.

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