Crime & Safety
Employees, Customer Held Up by Masked Gunmen at Local 7-Eleven
Suspects displaying handguns approached two employees and a customer in the parking lot, police said.

Fairfax County Police say that two suspects held up employees and a customer of a local 7-Eleven in the overnight hours Thursday morning.
The robbery took place in the 2400 block of Fairhaven Avenue (see map) Thursday at about 3 a.m., according to police. That’s when two men approached two employees and a customer in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store, according to Fairfax County Police.
The suspects displayed handguns, demanded money, and then ordered them to walk into the store according to police. The suspects took cash from the registers and fled, police said.
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The victims did not require medical attention, police said. The suspects were described as black, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing dark clothing and ski masks covering their faces, according to police.
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