Armed Robbery Wednesday at Alexandria Store: Police

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating an armed robbery Wednesday in the 3500 block of King Street in Alexandria, according to police.

A Verizon Wireless store employee confirmed that it was his store, at 3516 King St., that was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday morning. The store is fairly new and sits next to the new Safeway store.

Two suspects, one with a gun, stole a cell phone from the store clerk, according to police.

The employee said that two men entered the store and one showed him a gun; while the employee was talking to the suspects, a customer entered the store, he said. He said the suspects then got impatient and stole his personal cell phone and left the store on foot. If they were driving a car, he didn’t see it, he said.

He said one suspect was wearing a black hooded jacket with the hood pulled up; the employee described him as black, about 6’1” tall. The employee described the second suspect as a black male, about 19-25 years old, about 5’10” tall, wearing a gray hoodie with a baseball cap. The second suspect wore his hair in dreadlocks just past his shoulders, the employee said.

Police said no one was injured.