Police search for suspect in convenience store robbery in east Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) are searching for a suspect after they received a report of an armed robbery at a convenience store in east Colorado Springs.

On Monday, at around 2:40 a.m., police were dispatched to the 500 block of Wooten Rd. for a reported robbery.

Police say the suspect entered the convenience store and told the clerk at the register he was armed with a gun and demanded money.

Shortly after, the suspect ran out of the convenience store and drove off in a vehicle from the location.