Crime & Safety
Sonoma County Employee Injured In Robbery
The incident happened at the Shell Gas Station at 777 Steele Lane.
SANTA ROSA, CA -- A gas station clerk was injured when a man with a knife robbed the station Sunday morning, Santa Rosa police said. Someone called police at 8:37 a.m. to report the robbery at the Shell Gas Station at 777 Steele Lane.
Police said the suspect entered the store, waved a knife and demanded money.
The suspect took the money in the cash register and ran out of the store toward In-N-Out Burger.
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The clerk's hand was injured in the robbery. He was treated at the gas station.
Police said they searched for the suspect but were not able to find him.
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Police described the suspect as a black man in his 30s or 40s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall with short black hair and facial stubble. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Police Department's violent crimes team at (707) 543-3590.
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