INITIAL REPORT
Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Family Dollar, 1028 N. Gettysburg Ave., during which the invader fired at least one round into the ceiling while in the store.
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No one was hit by the gunfire in the incident reported just after 9 p.m., Dayton police said. The robber is said to have run into the woods behind the store.
He wore a mask, black hoodie and gray sweatpants, according to an early description put out to officers via Montgomery County Regional Dispatch.
Police have returned to the scene with a male in custody, in the back of a police cruiser. They are waiting for the store manager to view surveillance video to verify whether the male is the suspected robber.
The North Gettysburg location has been targeted by robbers recently:
We will update this developing report.
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