By Staff
VANDALIA – As much as $3,000 may have been taken in an armed robbery Wednesday night at 9:15 of Seven Days Express Mart, 17925 State.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office is investigating.
Two subjects believed to be black males entered the store and "split off" from each other.
An armed suspect grabbed the clerk closest to the register. The other suspect grabbed the second clerk near the coolers. He never displayed a weapon.
The first suspect was described as wearing baggy dark jeans with cargo pockets and a hoodie. He wore a mask, but no gloves. The second suspect also wore dark clothing and a mask, but had a baseball cap that was dark with white on the front above the bill.
The first suspect struck the clerk in the face with the gun, a black, semi-automatic pistol, and removed about $2,000 in cash from the drawer.
The second suspect took the clerk's wallet, which reportedly contained $1,000 cash.
Both suspects left the store and ran around the corner on the west side of the building, going south.
Dowagiac Police Department's canine unit was contacted for tracking.