Armed Men Rob Pharmacy, Attack Clerk In Cleveland

CLEVELAND — Police are looking for a group of men who attacked and robbed a pharmacy in Cleveland. Investigators released surveillance footage images of the suspects on Tuesday and asked the public to help identify the attackers.

On Feb. 25, at 1:40 p.m., police were called to Church Square Pharmacy, on Euclid Avenue, for reports of a robbery. When officers arrived, they found a clerk with a bloody gash on his head. They gave the man first aid and spoke to him before EMS arrived, according to police records.

The clerk told police he was working behind the counter when a man wearing a black mask came into the store and pointed a gun at him. The clerk tried to run out of the building but the man chased him down and bashed him over the head with the gun.

The clerk told police the masked man then warned him, "Don't run. Sit on the ground, face down. Don't look at my face or I'll shoot you."

When the clerk said he had children, the masked man said, "I don't care about your kids," according to police records.

Two other men, both wearing dark hoodies, ran toward a second employee and demanded to know where the safe for the pharmacy was, according to police records. The men got access to the pharmacy's narcotics cabinet and grabbed some of the drugs, police said.

A fourth suspect took money from cash registers at the store, Cleveland police said.

Investigators believe the suspects may have left in a light blue van, with a missing hubcap.

Images of the suspects are above this article.

Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 216-623-5318. Anonymous information can be provide via Crimestoppers by calling 216-25-CRIME