Police Seek Three Suspects In Robbery Of Stamford Convenience Store

STAMFORD, Conn. — Police were investigating an armed robbery Sunday at Cove Variety in Stamford, Capt. Richard Conklin said.

Three suspects rob Cove Variety in Stamford on Sunday night.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stamford Police Department*

The suspects take cash and other items, including cigarettes from the Stamford store.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stamford Police Department*

All three suspects were armed, one with a gun, one with a knife, and one with pepper spray.
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Stamford Police Department*

by Anthony Buzzeo

04/02/2013 1:32 p.m.

According to Conklin, here is what happened: Two men and a woman wearing gloves, hoods and masks entered the store about 8:20 p.m. Sunday. They announced it was a robbery and took cash and other items, including cigarettes, and left, he said.

They were in and out of the store in about a minute, and no one was hurt, he said.

One of the males had a knife, the other a gun and the female had an aerosol can believed to be pepper spray, Conklin said. One of the men was white or Hispanic and the other was black, he said.

Investigators believe the suspects may be from the area or scoped out the variety store because they appeared relaxed during the robbery, Conklin said. He and other investigators have been reviewing security footage, he said.

A string of armed robberies occurred on the city's East Side last year, but police do not know whether this robbery is related, Conklin said. The other robberies stopped for no reason, and no arrests were ever made, he said.

A female was not suspected in the previous incidents, he said.

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