[The Black Derby Liquor Store][Image courtesy of Google images]
Mac Kilduff, Staff Writer
A robber with a pillowcase over his head held up The Black Derby Liquor Store at 7:12 p.m. and managed to evade police with $2,845.
The man fled from police as they fired a shot that missed, police said. They continued pursuit as he went into an alley until the suspect escaped.
Steve Bellincos, 28, a clerk at the store, saw a man with a pillowcase over his head enter the store, pull out a pistol and demand money, police said. It was reported that the suspect he was about 6 feet tall and weighed 155 pounds, wore blue jeans and a dirty white shirt with a torn sleeve.
Bellincos emptied the register into another pillowcase and tripped the silent alarm at 7:16 p.m., police said. Officers Anne Fulgham and Jose Lopez answered the call and arrived at 7:19 p.m. as the gunman was leaving the store.
“The guy ran so fast he looked like a track star” said a witness, John Paul Reinicke, 35, who was walking near the crime scene. “The officers did a great job.”
The owner of the liquor store, Ralph Martinson, 53, is clearly upset at the large amount of money that was stolen.
“Nobody wants this to happen to them, but usually they just get away with a small amount, why was my store different?” he said.
An internal police investigation will be conducted which is standard procedure when an officer fires their weapon, police said.
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