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Gunpoint Robbery in Elizabeth has Police Searching for Suspect

Elizabeth

Authorities in Elizabeth are on the search for a suspect wanted for an armed robbery at gunpoint that occurred early this morning in the city.

Cops responded to the area of East Jersey Street at First Street sometime at around midnight on reports of an armed robbery in progress.

Units located the victim who reported to them that a black male suspect who was last seen wearing khaki colored pants, a gray hoodie, and a face mask approached and brandished a weapon then ordered personal possessions.

The victim reportedly handed over several hundred dollars in cash, credit cards, and several forms of ID to the suspect shortly before he fled the scene on East Jersey Street.

There were no physical injuries reported.

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