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Gas Station Robbed at Gunpoint in Newark's East Ward

Newark

An armed robbery of a gas station in the 400 block of Market Street in the city's East Ward has police searching for a suspect.

According to store employees, a black male suspect who was last seen wearing black pants, a black Northface jacket, and was armed with a silver handgun, entered the establishment at around 5:20 a.m. and took several hundred dollars before fleeing east on Market Street.

The suspect is about 50-years-old and appeared to be wearing some type of mechanic outfit.

There were no physical injuries reported.

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