Dollar General Store Robbed at Gunpoint

(Press Release) On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at 10:44 pm, Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the Dollar General located on North Veterans Boulevard in regards to an aggravated robbery.

Investigating officers were informed by store personnel of a male subject who upon entering the store had his face concealed. The male subject is alleged to have brandished an unknown type firearm at the store clerk and demanded the money in the cash register. The clerk complied and the male suspect exited the store and fled the area in an unknown direction.

Eagle Pass Criminal Investigators and Crime Scene Officers were immediately summoned to the scene. This incident is currently under investigation by the Eagle Pass Police Department and as information becomes available it will be disseminated to the public.