Police, deputies investigating six armed robberies at Colorado Springs area convenience stores

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Colorado Springs police and El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating a string of armed robberies Tuesday morning.

There were no reported injuries.

According to police, officers responded to a robbery alarm at a business in the 5300 block of Airport Road. Police say that three armed male suspects committed a robbery at the location.

Shortly after this incident, police were dispatched to at least four more robberies in the area; one of the locations was a Loaf 'N Jug and the others were 7-Eleven stores.

Authorities are investigating businesses at the following locations that occured within an hour:

5300 Airport Road, 400 North Murray Boulevard, 6400 Issaquah Drive, 6000 Dublin Boulevard and 7600 Barnes Road.

The first hold-up happened around 4 a.m. at a Maverik near the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Peterson Road, just outside the city limits.

Police believe all of these robberies are connected to the three male suspects in question.

KRDO 13 spoke with Victor Ferrell, a man who said that he formerly worked at the 7-Eleven on Barnes.

"I saw the police car, I didn't see the crime (scene) truck," he said. "I thought (that) maybe they're here just getting something to drink. Then, I walked in and I saw what was going on. I never got robbed in the entire time I worked there."

The owner of the 7-Eleven on Issaquah said that Tuesday's hold-up was the second in two weeks, after not being robbed for his prior five years of ownership.

"The first time, they grabbed (smoking products) from behind the counter," he recalled. "This time, they took money from the cash register."

This is a developing story. We will continue to update this article as more information becomes available.