Dollar General on E. State robbed - Third holdup of the day

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)  UPDATE: Wednesday, Nov. 21: Police have released surviellance stills and footage from the armed robbery at Dollar General.

The police describe the suspect as male, Hispanic or White, early twenties, 5’6" – 5’8" tall, about 140 – 155 pounds; he was described as having a pockmarked face, and a scraggly mustache.

The suspect was also described as having a discolored/uniquely-colored left eye; it was described as very light blue, or almost white. He was last seen wearing a burnt orange-colored hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.

Anyone with information on the person in the pictures (below) is asked to contact the Fort Wayne Police or Crime Stoppers at (260) 436-STOP (7867).

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Police are searching for a man who robbed the Dollar General at 6414 East State Blvd. on Tuesday afternoon.  It's the third robbery investigation of the day.

According to Fort Wayne police, the man approached the cashier with two cans of soda at 2:22 pm as if he was going to make a purchase.  He then pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the cashier.  After receiving the cash the robber left the store on foot.  He was last seen heading east.

The suspect is described as a male Hispanic who was wearing an orange colored hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and brown shoes.

No one was injured in the robbery.

Tuesday morning the Chase Bank located at 6704 East State Boulevard was robbed  and around noon the  Burger Dairy located at 1450 St. Joe Boulevard was held up.   Police believe the suspects involved in those robberies are different people.

Surveillance stills: