UPDATE @ 10:56 p.m.: The investigation is focused on a gunman who made off with prescription drugs after handing a pharmacy technician a note demanding various types of medication.
The male walked back to the pharmacy at the Rite Aid in Harrison Twp., where he also brandished a black handgun.
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Once he was given what he said he had come for, he left the business in an unknown direction, according to a statement the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office released tonight.
If you have any information about the robbery, you are asked to call county regional dispatch, 937-225-4357, or report it to mcohiosheriff.org.
INITIAL REPORT
Deputies are investigating a robbery that occurred at the Rite Aid on Salem Avenue in Harrison Twp.
Dispatchers said deputies responded to the business at 3875 Salem Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a robbery.
It was not immediately known if a weapon was displayed.
Additional details were not available.
We’ll update this page as we learn more.
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