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Crime & Safety

Armed Man Robs Gas Station

Flees after clerk gives him cash from the register.

An armed robber was given an undetermined amount of cash Monday afternoon after pointing a gun at a gas station clerk.

The masked bandit entered the convenience store of the Shell station at 714 Connecticut Ave. at around 4:30 p.m.

The clerk said the man left on foot after being handed cash from the register.

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Police spokesman Sgt. Lisa Cotto said detectives went to the station and plan to review video of the incident captured by the station’s surveillance cameras.

Cotto said the clerk was so shaken officers requested an ambulance be dispatched to the station. However, he was not transported to Norwalk Hospital, she said.

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