Police say a man pretended to pay for his items at the Munchiez Deli in Brownsville Thursday afternoon, when he took out a handgun and placed it on the countertop.
Investigators say the suspect then pointed the gun at the clerk and demanded cigarettes.
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The suspect then grabbed the cigarettes then fled.
The clerk was not injured in the incident.
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