A man armed with a knife robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store in La Mesa early Friday, police said.
The robbery at 5151 70th St. was reported at 12:05 a.m., according to La Mesa police.
“The clerk was working inside the store when the suspect came into the store and brandished a knife and demanded cash,” police said in a statement, adding that once the clerk complied with the suspect’s orders, the robber ran away eastbound on Alvarado Road.
Police described him as a 5-foot-8 white man, last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, tan pants, gloves and a blue bandana over his face.
Anyone with information about the robbery was asked to call police at (619) 667-1400.
—City News Service
