Police searching for man who robbed Las Vegas pharmacy

By Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-Journal

October 23, 2017 - 9:33 pm

Updated October 23, 2017 - 10:12 pm

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west Las Vegas Valley pharmacy Sunday night. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west Las Vegas Valley pharmacy Sunday night. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west Las Vegas Valley pharmacy Sunday night. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west Las Vegas Valley pharmacy Sunday night. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

Las Vegas police are searching for a man who robbed a west Las Vegas Valley pharmacy Sunday night.

The man walked into a pharmacy near Spring Mountain Road and Jones Boulevard about 8:30 p.m. and approached the pharmacy counter. He gave the person at the counter a note demanding drugs and saying he had a weapon.

The robber ran away with the drugs and remains at large.

Anyone with information can call the Metropolitan Police Department’s robbery section at 702-828-3591. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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