Pharmacist shot in armed robbery of CVS

A pharmacist at an area CVS will be OK after he was shot during a robbery early Friday by a man the sheriff’s office believes could be responsible for other recent robberies in the area.

The pharmacist, whose name has not released, was treated at Miami Valley Hospital for a gunshot wound to his leg, which was inflicted even after he complied with the demands of the robber who walked into the store on Whipp Road at Far Hills Avenue (Ohio 48) at about 3:30 a.m., Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer said.

The investigation so far reveals that the robber passed a clerk at the front of the store and headed toward the rear of the business, where he made his demand for Oxycontin pills.

A clerk at a nearby Shell service station told News Center 7’s Jenna Deery that he saw the robber run out of the CVS and take off south on Far Hills in a dark colored pickup truck.

What’s not clear is whether the robber made off with any pills, money or other merchandise, Plummer said.

The sheriff’s office is asking anyone who has information about the incident to call Washington Twp. police at (937) 433-0152 or non-emergency county dispatch at (937) 225-4357.