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Police: Liquor store robbed at gunpoint

Police on the scene of a liquor store robbery in Syracuse.
Police on the scene of a liquor store robbery in Syracuse.
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Updated: 12/31/2012 10:23 pm
Syracuse (WSRY-TV) -- Syracuse Police are investigating an armed robbery at a liquor store in the city's Westcott neighborhood.

The robbery happened just before 9 p.m. on Monday at Westcott Liquors, located at 111 Harvard Place, just off Westcott Street, police said.

Investigators say the suspect entered the store armed with a small handgun and demanded money.

The suspect has been described as a black man, about 6’2” tall and 220 pounds. He was wearing a black mask and black jacket and was last seen headed eastbound on Harvard Place with another man wearing a yellow jacket.

The suspect did get away with some cash, police said.

Anyone with information on this robbery is asked to call police at 442-5222.
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