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Gunman robs Springs video game store
Posted: 07.11.2012 at 8:47 AM
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A gunman is on the loose after robbing a video game store in Colorado Springs Tuesday night.

Colorado Springs Police officers said around 7:55 p.m., a man who pretended to be a customer walked into the Game Stop in the 1900 block of Southgate Road, waited for other customers to leave the store, then pulled out a gun.

He pointed the gun at employees and demanded money, but two other customers walked in during the confrontation. The man verbally confronted both, and the employees gave him cash.

Employees said the man casually left the store and the area on foot.

Witnesses described the gunman as white or Hispanic and is in his early to mid-20s. He is about 5'9" with a thin build are wore a black beanie, a white shirt and dark-colored jeans.

Officers searched the area but couldn't find him.

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