Findlay gas station ROBBED at GUNPOINT, suspect who hit employee in face ON THE LOOSE

FINDLAY, OH (TiffinOhio.net News) — A man robbed the Exxon gas station on Fostoria Avenue in Findlay on Monday morning.

The Findlay Police reports that the man walked into the store just before 7 a.m. and demanded cash from the register. He had a handgun and reportedly “struck the employee in the face with it.”

Sources tell TiffinOhio.net the employee gave the man some cash from the register and he fled west behind some nearby apartments.

Police report that the suspect is a white man around 5’8″ and was wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt and a ball cap. He also had a red bandanna covering his face.

Hancock County EMS treated the employee at the scene.

This is the third robbery involving a man in a bandana in the past two weeks.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact the Findlay Police Department at 419-424-7150.