ANSONIA — Police are looking for two people who pulled off a daytime robbery at gunpoint in Target parking lot.
Police were sent to 20 Main St. at 12:15 p.m. after receiving a report of an armed robbery.
“Officers responded to the area and learned that the victims were meeting with the suspect to complete an online transaction,” Lt. Patrick Lynch said in a prepared statement.
However, instead of completing the deal as promised, the suspect pulled out a handgun and robbed the victims before fleeing in a light-colored vehicle, police said.
“The suspect was described as a light-skinned black male, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue mask,” Lynch said. “The vehicle the suspect came from was being driven by another person; there is no description available of the driver. The vehicle was described as a light-colored sedan with tinted windows.”
Police advised the public that anyone selling or purchasing online goods with strangers can use the front of the police department as safe place to meet and complete the transaction.
The Ansonia Police Department is at 2 Elm St.
From Lynch’s statement:
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has information related to this incident is asked to call the Ansonia Police Department at 203 – 735-1885, or tips can be left anonymously through TIP 411 at the link below.
