Boston Police Seek Public Assistance to Identify Armed Robbery SuspectDetective to Provide Attending Media with Surveillance Footage
WHO: Boston Police District 4 detectives
WHAT: Earlier today officers responded to a radio call for an armed robbery at 56 Gainsborough St. (Kangs Corner Store). Upon arrival, officer spoke to the victim, who stated that he was on the second floor of his store when he was startled by a loud bang. He went down to the 1st floor (store level) to find a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt (approximately 25 yrs old) holding a black firearm. The suspect was in the company of a black male (approximately 25 yrs old) wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and was armed with a knife. Suspect #1 struck the victim on the back of his head with the firearm, then he struck another victim on the bridge of the nose with the firearm and demanded the whereabouts of the bank deposit bag by stating \”where\’s the bag!\”. The victim told the suspect that the bag was upstairs. Suspect #1 went upstairs and retrieved the deposit bag which contained several thousand dollars. While suspect #1 was on the second floor, suspect #2 hopped over the counter and stole approximately $250.00 from the cash register. The victims were ordered to lay on the floor. The suspects fled on foot in an unknown direction. Boston victims suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Boston Police are distributing surveillance footage in an effort to identify the two suspects. Anyone with information should call D4 detectives at 617-343-4683.
WHERE: Boston Police District 4
650 Harrison Ave.
WHEN: Monday October 27, 2008, at 5:45pm

Boston Police Seek Public Assistance to Identify Armed Robbery SuspectDetective to Provide Attending Media with Surveillance Footage
WHO: Boston Police District 4 detectives
WHAT: Earlier today officers responded to a radio call for an armed robbery at 56 Gainsborough St. (Kangs Corner Store). Upon arrival, officer spoke to the victim, who stated that he was on the second floor of his store when he was startled by a loud bang. He went down to the 1st floor (store level) to find a black male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt (approximately 25 yrs old) holding a black firearm. The suspect was in the company of a black male (approximately 25 yrs old) wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and was armed with a knife. Suspect #1 struck the victim on the back of his head with the firearm, then he struck another victim on the bridge of the nose with the firearm and demanded the whereabouts of the bank deposit bag by stating \”where\’s the bag!\”. The victim told the suspect that the bag was upstairs. Suspect #1 went upstairs and retrieved the deposit bag which contained several thousand dollars. While suspect #1 was on the second floor, suspect #2 hopped over the counter and stole approximately $250.00 from the cash register. The victims were ordered to lay on the floor. The suspects fled on foot in an unknown direction. Boston victims suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Boston Police are distributing surveillance footage in an effort to identify the two suspects. Anyone with information should call D4 detectives at 617-343-4683.
WHERE: Boston Police District 4
650 Harrison Ave.
WHEN: Monday October 27, 2008, at 5:45pm