Crime & Safety

Police Seek Suspect in Armed Robbery on Leesburg Pike

Fairfax County Police search for man who allegedly took cash, a purse from a store in the 8300 block of Leesburg Pike in Vienna, near Gallows Road.

Fairfax County police continue to look for a man who allegedly robbed a Leesburg Pike store with a handgun.

According to a police report released Monday, officers responded at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to a store in the 8300 block of Leesburg Pike in Vienna, at its intersection with Gallows Road.

An employee told police a man "entered the store, brandished a handgun, and demanded money."

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The man fled with an undisclosed amount of cash and a purse, according to police. Nobody was injured in the incident. 

It was not clear at press time which store on that block, which runs along the southwest side of Tysons Corner Center, was robbed.

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The county's helicopter and a K-9 team searched the area but police did not find the suspect.

He is described as approximately 6-feet and 200 lbs, wearing a mask and black jacket.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.

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