Man hides inside Redwood City CVS, robs store after closing

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Man hides inside Redwood City CVS, robs store after closing

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Police are trying to identify a man who hid inside a Redwood City CVS pharmacy on Sunday and robbed it at gunpoint as employees closed the store for the day. (AP file photo)
Police are trying to identify a man who hid inside a Redwood City CVS pharmacy on Sunday and robbed it at gunpoint as employees closed the store for the day. (AP file photo)

Police are trying to identify a man who hid inside a Redwood City CVS pharmacy on Sunday and robbed it at gunpoint as employees closed the store for the day.

The robbery was reported at the CVS at 1301 Broadway at 10:18 p.m.

Employees were in the process of closing the store when a man wearing a black jacket and black cargo pants emerged and ordered them to the floor at gunpoint, police said.

He then took an undisclosed amount of cash and ran away.

The man is described as black, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 220 pounds.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call Redwood City police at (650) 780-7100.

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