Man In Skeleton Mask Man Holds Up Warminster Store — Again: Police

WARMINSTER, PA — Someone in a mask robbed a Warminster gas station at gunpoint just after 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 7, police report.

According to Warminster police, the incident happened at the Shell station on West Street Road. Witnesses told investigators that an armed man entered the store wearing a silver and white skull mask. He had a pistol and demanded cash and cigarettes.

Police said he was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, black pants with a red stripe and black shoes. He took money from the register as well as cigarettes and fled. Officers responded with a K-9 but could not find him.

No one was injured in the robbery, police said.

It is the second armed robbery in Warminster in less than a week involving a suspect in a skeleton mask.

On Oct. 2, the 7-Eleven on Newtown Road was robbed at gunpoint by a man in a similar mask, police said.

Click here for photos from that incident.

Authorities have not said whether they believe the incidents are related.

Warminster Police released the following surveillance photo from the Oct. 7 incident. Investigators ask that anyone with information as to the identity of this suspect call the Warminster Police Department at (215) 343-0100 or submit a tip via the Crime Watch tip link. Tipsters can remain anonymous.