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Police seek suspects in armed robbery in Williamsburg

Police are looking for two men in connection with an armed robbery Friday at the Valero gas station on York Street in Williamsburg. (WYDaily/Courtesy Williamsburg Police)
Police are looking for two men in connection with an armed robbery Friday at the Valero gas station on York Street in Williamsburg. (WYDaily/Courtesy Williamsburg Police)

Police are looking for two men after an armed robbery at a Williamsburg gas station.

Shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, the men entered the Valero station in the 600 block of York Street, pulled out guns and demanded money from a clerk, Williamsburg Police said. The men took an unspecified amount of money and then ran away across nearby railroad tracks.

The clerk was not injured.

Police described the suspects as a black male wearing all black clothing with a ski mask covering his face and a white male wearing a dark-colored hoodie with a distinctive colorful design and using a white mask to cover his face.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or the Williamsburg Police at 757-220-2331.

Bryan DeVasher
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Bryan DeVasher is the managing editor-digital of WYDaily. A resident of Hampton Roads for more than two decades, he has worked for news organizations in Virginia, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. He most recently was a member of the public relations staff for Virginia State Police.

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