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Walnut St. CVS robbed

The Bloomington Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 4:45 a.m. Monday morning at the CVS store on 1000 N. Walnut St., according to a BPD press release.

The suspect is described as 6-foot black male who was wearing a black toboggan hat, dark leather jacket, dark sunglasses and black pants.

He was armed with a dark colored handgun, which he never held or pointed at anyone during the incident, but he did display it.

The release said store employees believe he might have physical disabilities based on the way he walked and manipulated his hands.

Employees also believe he might have feigned being mentally challenged when he entered the store.

The suspect asked for assistance in picking out notebooks and a binder when he entered the store.

As he and an employee walked to another section of the store, he managed to put the handgun in a binder and display it to the employee.

During his interaction with the employee, he said he was from Atlanta, had been fired from a CVS store in the past, has a child with multiple sclerosis and was going to “come in and start shooting people.”

The suspect demanded money from the cash registers, left the store and headed southwest from the building.

No one was injured during the robbery, ?according to the release.

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