Gunman Robs Valley Kfc

Thu., May 18, 2000

A masked gunman robbed a Spokane Valley restaurant Saturday night.

Five employees at Kentucky Fried Chicken, 9512 E. Sprague, were held up at gunpoint by a man wearing sunglasses and a blue-and-white bandana.

He allegedly took several Washington Trust Bank bags filled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The manager said the robber entered KFC at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, grabbed her by the neck, pointed a silver gun at her head and demanded she put money from the cash register into a plastic grocery bag.

The man then ordered all five of the employees to lie on the floor and left through a back door.

The robber is described as a thin male, about 6 feet tall and 190 pounds, with brown hair and brown or hazel eyes. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black gloves.

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