At 10:46 p.m., a man walked into a business on Broadway and Bloomfield Place, approached the register and pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and announced a robbery, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.
The clerk went to the backroom, filled the bag with other bags, and gave them to suspect, who fled heading south on Broadway after entering the driver’s side of a dark-colored SUV, Fragé said.
The suspect is described as a Black man, 6'" tall and weighing 240 pounds. He was wearing a black bubble jacket, red hooded sweatshirt, red hat, blue jeans, and red sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-877-695-8477.
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