Gas Station Employee Robbed At Gunpoint: Vienna Police

Vienna Police are seeking a suspect after an armed robbery at the Vienna Shell early Monday, April 2.

Around 6 a.m., surveillance footage captured the suspect entering the Shell gas station at 252 Maple Avenue West in Vienna. The suspect robbed an employee at gunpoint, taking money and other property. The employee was not injured.

A search is underway for the suspect. Anyone with information is should call Detective S. R. Leroux at 703-255-6332.

Other notable incidents in the March 30-April 6 Town of Vienna crime report are:

Arrest - Driving While Intoxicated - 18-0002762
Maple Avenue West / Nutley Street
April 1 8:57 p.m.
A citizen requested police assistance with a driver slumped over, at the wheel of a vehicle and apparently unconscious. The driver woke up prior to police arrival and then left the scene. Officers were able to locate the driver. The driver failed all sobriety tests and was arrested. The driver was transported to the Vienna Police Headquarters where he refused to submit to the official breath test.

As a result of the investigation, a 60-year-old man from Center Street in Vienna, VA was arrested and transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Two warrants (Driving While intoxicated third or subsequent and Refuse blood/breath test 2nd offense) were issued and served. The man was remanded to the custody of the Fairfax County Deputies.

Death Unknown Cause 18-0002869
Tapawingo Road SW
April 5 11:45 p.m.
A citizen called an ambulance when he discovered a person nonresponsive. Medics and police
were dispatched. The person was pronounced dead at the scene. Nothing unusual or suspicious
observed at the scene. This case is active pending results of the investigation from the medical
examiner’s office.

Accident 18-0002883
Lawyers Road NW / Ayr Hill Avenue NW
April 5 6:03 p.m.
Vehicle #1 was traveling south on Lawyers Road NW attempting to make a left turn onto Ayr Hill
Avenue NW. Pedestrian #1 was crossing at the intersection on Ayr Hill Avenue NW from sidewalk
to sidewalk where there would be a painted crosswalk however there is no visual crosswalk.
Vehicle #1 struck pedestrian #1 with the front right corner of vehicle. Pedestrian #1 was
transported to a hospital with a leg injury, non life threatening.

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