CVS Pharmacy employees held at gunpoint

Bloomington Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Tuesday morning at the CVS Pharmacy located at 2701 E. 3rd St.

Officers were dispatched to the store at about 4 a.m. after a report that the store and pharmacy had just been robbed.

The CVS employees said three suspects entered the store. Two stopped to confront the employees near the cash registers, and one suspect went directly to the pharmacy.

The pharmacist was confronted by one suspect who was holding what was described as a dark-colored semi-automatic handgun.

The pharmacist was ordered to retrieve various drugs including OxyContin and Percocet, and he placed them in a bag.

Two employees at the front of the store were led at gunpoint to the store’s safe, where an undisclosed amount of money was removed. Money was also taken from an employee’s wallet.

The weapon used by the suspect was described as an Uzi-style firearm.

Once the drugs and money were obtained by the suspects, all employees were ordered to the ground and instructed not to get up.

The suspects then fled the store and a witness observed them running northeast toward Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

No one was injured in the event.

All of the suspects were in their late teens or early 20s:

Suspect one has been described as a black male with dreadlocks or braids, wearing black pants and a black-and-white striped hooded sweatshirt holding a black handgun.

Suspect two is said to be a black male with a large Afro, wearing a light blue button-up shirt with gray or light tan pants and was used a handgun.

Suspect three has been described as a black male with dreadlocks or hair weave, wearing black pants and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt with white lettering and was seen holding an Uzi-style firearm .

All of the suspects appeared to be wearing white vinyl/latex gloves.

Anyone with information should contact the Bloomington Police Department at 339-4477.