Gunman hits two businesses
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“There may be a connection. We’re not sure yet,” sDLG LRwHr 0DNHfiHOG 3ROLFH CKLHI .Hn CROuzzL. “Our detectives are talking to (Langhorne). We’re looking at the circumstances at how that happened, trying to get video,” said the chief. “We can’t say for certain at this point that it is but they are looking at it.”
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The man pointed a gun at two employees and demanded money. He then flHG IrRP WKH EuLOGLnJ through the same door with about $400 in cash, said the chief.
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The man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, was dressed in black and wearing a “hood mask” that covered every- thing but CROuzzL.
Police are reviewing security cameras at the store to see what they reveal, said the chief.
On Dec. 11 at about 9 or 9W30 p.m., Langhorne BorRuJK 3ROLFH CKLHI SWHYH Mawhinney told BucksLocalNews that a man brandishing a handgun and dressed in black entered the store at Pine Street and Maple Avenue and demanded money. He got away with a small amount of cash.
“It’s very rare that we have a robbery here,” said Mawhinney.
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