Police Investigate Series Of Robberies

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Channel: KMBC 9 · 2008 · News & Politics

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Police around the metro are investigating a series of robberies early Thursday morning.

At a Wal-Mart at 133rd Street and State Line Road, police said a lone masked gunman got away with cash after ordering an employee to empty a cash register. No one was hurt. Investigators said the robber escaped in a gold, four-door Cadillac with temporary Missouri tags in the window.

He is described as a black man who was dressed in all black. He also carried a black handgun.

Near 89th Street and Wornall Road, police said two robbers hit a 7-Eleven store. No one was hurt. Around the same time near 87th Street and Hillcrest Road, police said a man walked into Quik Trip and demanded money and cigarettes. He was described as a white man wearing a dark ball cap and a blue-and-white Kansas City Royals shirt. He escaped in a four-door silver sedan.

In Grandview, police there are looking for two gunmen who robbed the Shell gas station at 119th Street and Grandview Road. The men escaped with some cash. They were last seen running through a motel parking lot and then disappearing into a nearby neighborhood.

Anyone with information on the robberies is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

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