Police looking for suspect in Market Street armed robbery


Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

City police are investigating an armed robbery at Dollar General, 2023 Market St., that occurred late Friday.

Shortly before 8 p.m., a white male — described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall, between the ages of 26 and 28, and weighing about 180 pounds — put a bag of white T-shirts on the counter, then produced a black handgun and demanded money from an employee. He took $188.33 in cash.

He was described as wearing a black zip-up hoodie with a large “1987” on the front and a yellow symbol on the hood, along with a dark shirt with horizontal stripes on it and white sneakers.