Bristol 7-Eleven Robbed Same Night As Langhorne Police Shooting

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — A 7-Eleven store in Bristol Township was robbed at gunpoint in the early morning hours Friday, on the same night a police officer shot a robbery suspect at another 7-Eleven in nearby Langhorne.

The Bristol robbery happened at about 12:55 a.m. at the store at 7101 Bristol Pike.

According to police, the robber showed a black handgun and demanded money from the register. The clerk complied and was not injured.

The robber, who got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, is described as a man in his 20's, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, ripped designer jeans and a gray Phillies hat with a red bill.

Police say the man ran toward Edgely Road.

On the same night, a police officer who was part of a task force investigating a string of 7-Eleven robberies in Langhorne shot a suspect who police say was in the act of robbing the store. A second man was arrested after running away in that incident.

The Bucks County District Attorney's office did not say which police force the involved officer is a member of Friday morning, but said he was assigned to a federal task force and intervened in a suspected robbery in progress. The store has been robbed three times over the past couple of weeks, authorities sad.

Police in Bristol said it was unclear Friday whether the robbery there was connected to any of the other robberies.

Police in Bristol ask anyone with information about the robbery there to call their tip line at 267-812-3036.