Armed, Masked Robbers Hold Up North Side Pay Less Drug Store

Three bandits with bandanas over their faces robbed a north Spokane drug store late Wednesday, police said.

One of them held a gun to a clerk’s head during the robbery about 9 p.m. at Pay Less Drug Store, 7714 N. Division, said Spokane Police Sgt. Judi Carl.

They fled northbound with an unknown amount of money from the store safe and the clerk’s purse, Carl said.

The robbers were described only as black males wearing dark clothing, she said.

Carl said the robbery was similar to a robbery Tuesday night at Grocery Boys Empire, 3430 N. Crestline, in which two men got away after firing shots inside and outside the store.