Pacifica Police Search For Gas Station Robber

PACIFICA, CA — Pacifica police are looking for a man who robbed a local gas station this week. The incident happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday at a Shell station in the 90 block of Bill Drake Way, authorities said.

A man clad in a grey hooded sweatshirt, jeans and brown 'construction type' boots walked into the station and robbed the station's clerk at gunpoint, according to police.

"The weapon used was a black handgun, similar in appearance to a 'Luger' type pistol," police said in a news release. "The suspect was last seen running from the area of the business, westbound on Monterey Road."

The suspect is described as a white man in his 30s, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall with an average build.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call either the Pacifica Police Department at (650) 738-7314 or the Silent Witness Tip Line at (650) 359-4444. Refer to case No. 18-0757.

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