Police Investigate Series Of Armed Robberies At Gas Stations
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)-- The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is investigating multiple armed robberies that have happened at gas stations throughout Pittsburgh.
One gas station that is located on the 4000 block of Liberty Ave. was robbed around 9:50 p.m. "We just got robbed like 15 days ago," said Owner Sam Kahmar.
"They have a gun pointing at the employee and we don't know what they will do."
A second gas station that is located on the 4000 block of Beechwood Blvd. was robbed, less than two hours later, around 11:30 p.m.
Both robberies took place on Sunday, Aug. 4.
A third location, on the 2900 block of Banksville Rd. was robbed on Monday, Aug. 5, around 2 a.m. Surveillance footage shows the thieves ordering the clerk to his knees while they stole an undetermined amount of money.
Owner Bharat Ukani said "we're not going to carry that much money anymore."
Three men were allegedly involved in all three robberies, and one of the suspects reportedly had a gun.
There has been no arrest at this time as police are speaking to witnesses and reviewing all possible surveillance footage.
