Gas Station Robber Fired Shot At Cashier: St. Pete Police

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Detectives are searching for a man who fired a gun during an armed robbery at the Exxon gas station at 901 4th Street N. late Saturday night, St. Petersburg police wrote in a Facebook post. (Watch a video of the robbery below.)

A man carrying food items approached the cashier’s counter and paid for them with cash just before 11:30 p.m.

When the store clerk handed the man his change, the customer pulled a gun from his waistband and demanded money. He fired a shot before walking out of the store, police said.

The clerk, who was unharmed, ran to a back room and called 911.

The suspect is a white man about 18 to 22 years old. He’s 6 feet tall and weighs about 170 pounds, police said.

He was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt over a gray hooded sweatshirt, a dark-colored baseball cap with a Nike swoosh logo tucked under the hood, blue jeans, a white mask over his nose and mouth, blue surgical gloves on his hands, and black and white sneakers.

Anyone with information is asked to contact St. Petersburg police by calling 727-893-7780 or texting SPPD and the tip to TIP411.

Watch a video of the robbery suspect: