Total Tan robber still at large

After five days of looking for a man who robbed a Total Tan at gunpoint Thursday, authorities have no new leads.\nJunior Lisa Aigner was working behind the counter of the store, located on 2544 E. Third St., with another co-worker when a man ran into the tanning salon with a cloth over his face demanding money.\n"It was a normal night," Aigner said. "There were five people tanning, and I see this man run into the store with a cloth he was holding over his face. He said, 'Get down, this is a robbery,' and we didn't know if he was serious."\nAigner also said that he pushed her and her coworker on the ground, then attempted to open a broken cash register.\n"Then he said, 'No, I said get down' and pushed us down," she said. "We have two registers. One of them doesn't work and he was by the one that doesn't work. I got up and he put a gun in front of me, and I got the money out and got back down on the ground."\nThe robber then took off down the hall and went out the back door. Meanwhile, employees called 911 and alerted police.\nRyan Chandler, owner of Total Tan, said he can't understand why anyone would want to rob a tanning salon.\n"Pretty much I don't know why they did it," he said. "I don't know what they thought they were going to go get. We charge people to tan for $2.95. I'm dumbfounded why anyone would do this."\nChandler said this is the first robbery Total Tan has ever had. He said video cameras were installed this year, but doesn't plan for any additional security measures.\n"There's really nothing more we can do -- he walked in the front door," Chandler said. "This is beyond my imagination that someone would do this. I couldn't believe it."\nAigner described the robber as a Caucasian, about 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches, in his early to mid 20s. He was wearing a blue baseball hat and had short, dark hair and a medium build.\nBloomington Police Department Sgt. Joseph Sanders said the BPD has no leads and is still looking for the suspect.\n"(The robber) had a T-shirt tucked under his baseball cap, so it's really hard to see his face on the video surveillance," Sanders said. "The only thing that can be made out are his eyes."\nSanders said the only evidence the BPD currently has is the video from the night of the robbery. He was also not optimistic about making a positive identification.\n"We probably won't make out an exact (identification)," he said. "With the info we have we can go through known people in the area with a criminal background that match the description we have."\nSanders said the BPD will be asking other businesses for their videos from Thursday night to search for additional evidence. If not, Sanders said he believes the suspect will be turned in by the community.\n"This is one of those cases where it will more than likely be solved by someone from the public coming in and saying they know who did this," he said.\nAuthorities and Total Tan refused to say how much money was stolen.\nAnyone with information regarding the robbery should contact Sanders at 339-3321.\n-- Contact senior writer Lindsay Jancek at lmjancek@indiana.edu.