Suspect wearing Halloween mask pulls off armed robbery at Bronx gas station

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NYPD has released surveillance video to try and help track down the suspect in an armed robbery of a Bronx gas station.

The holdup happened at about 3 a.m. Tuesday at a station on Bartow Avenue.

The suspect entered the location, produced a black firearm, demanded money, and fled on foot with $650.

He is described as 5'7", 150 lbs, and was wearing a Halloween mask, a grey sweatshirt, grey pants, and plastic gloves.

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