Valley Stream gas station attendant robbed at gunpoint

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Police said a man armed with a silver handgun robbed the Shell gas station on West Merrick Road on Saturday at 8:55 p.m.

According to detectives, the suspect approached the clerk and demanded money. The attendant complied, and the suspect then fled westbound on foot toward Hicks Street.

Police said there weren’t customers in the store at the time of the robbery, and no injuries were reported.

The subject was described as a male, black, 6-feet-tall, medium build, and wore a black mask, blue latex gloves, a green hooded sweatshirt, dark sweat pants and black and white sneakers.