Police Searching for Armed Robber |

Sparks Police are looking for a man they say robbed the Kwik Serve convenience store on Pyramid Way in Sparks late Tuesday night.

Police said the suspect entered the store around midnight, pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money from the register.

The suspect is described as a white man around 25 to 35 years old, 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet tall and 170 to 190 pounds. He was wearing a blue and gray sweatshirt, black ball cap, dark colored jeans and running shoes at the time of the crime.

If you have any information, you are asked to call Secret Witness at 322-4900, text your tip to 847411 or go online to www.secretwitness.com.

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