Man In Skeleton Mask Robs Bloomfield Deli At Gunpoint: Police

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — A man wearing a black skeleton mask and gloves allegedly robbed United Deli on James Street at gunpoint last week, Bloomfield police say.

According to the Bloomfield Police Department, store personnel and witnesses on the scene told officers that on July 8, the mask-clad suspect entered the store around 10 p.m. armed with a 9 mm handgun.

The man demanded money from the cashier, who gave him about $150 to $200, and fled the store on foot east on James Street, police said.

Nobody suffered injury during the incident, police said.

Bloomfield police are conducting an investigation, authorities said.

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