Pictures show armed OxyContin robber
A gunman robbed a South Hill pharmacy of OxyContin Friday morning.
The robber pointed a semi-automatic pistol at employees at the Albertsons at 57th and Regal just after 9 a.m.
The man pulled the gun from
his waistband as he approached the pharmacy from the dairy section and
fled westbound from the store with the powerful prescription p
ain
killer.
The robber ran south along the west side of Regal before a small white car picked him.
The gunman was described as white, in his late 20s or early 30s, 6-feet tall or slighter taller. He had “bright blue eyes” and wore a gray hooded sweatshirt with the hood up and a piece of dark fabric across his face, along with blue, baggy jeans.
The store is the second Albertsons robbed of OxyContin this
month. Crime Stoppers still is offering a reward for tips that help
solve the July
9 robbery at the Trent and Argonne store.
Detectives don’t know if the robberies are related.
Walgreens, a once-prime target for OxyContin robbers has only been hit once since installing time-release safes to store the drug last fall. The company expanded the time-release safes to Idaho and Oregon this week.
Anyone with information on today’s robbery is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.