Shots Fired During Robbery

Location: Cumberland Farms, 698 Naamans Road, Claymont, DE
Date of Occurrence: Monday, July 5, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Victim: 54 year old New Castle woman (employee)
Suspects:

Suspect #1: Black male, 5’10”-6’00” tall, 25-30 years of age, average build wearing a white t-shirt, dark colored jeans, sunglasses, slight facial hair, and armed with a small handgun.

Suspect #2: Black male, 5’6”-5’08” tall, 25-30 years of age, medium complexion, average build, goatee, wearing a white t-shirt, shorts, dark sneakers, sunglasses, and a baseball cap.

Resume: State Police detectives are investigating a robbery in which a shot was fired.

The incident occurred this morning as two male subjects, one armed with a small handgun, entered the Cumberland Farms store and demanded money from the store safe. After being told by the 54 year old clerk that she did not have a key to the safe, the armed suspect fired a shot at the floor by the victim. The victim then turned over an undisclosed amount of money from, the store register. The suspects then fled the store. They were last seen heading toward Peachtree Road. The victim was not injured.

If anyone has any information on this robbery, they are asked to contact Detective Christian Brown at 302-834-2630 ext. 195 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.