Crime & Safety

Gunpoint Gas Station Robbery In Nassau: Police

It happened just after 8:30 p.m. at the BP on Hempstead Turnpike, police said.

A man is sought for robbing a BP gas station in Hempstead Turnpike, police said.
A man is sought for robbing a BP gas station in Hempstead Turnpike, police said. (Google Maps)

FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY — A man is on the loose following a gas station robbery in Franklin Square.

The man approached the clerk at the BP on Hempstead Turnpike just after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. He pointed a black gun at the victim and demanded money from the cash register, police said.

The clerk complied and the suspect fled northbound on Goldenrod Street with an undisclosed amount of cash, authorities said.

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Anyone with information is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers 1-800-244-TIPS

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