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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Gaithersburg, MD - Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division are investigating an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven store that occurred on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in the 15500 block of New Hampshire Ave. Detectives have released surveillance photos of the two male suspects and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying them.

At approximately 1:40 a.m., 4th District officers responded to the location for the report of an armed robbery that just occurred.

The investigation by detectives has determined that the two suspects entered the store and approached an employee who was working behind the counter. One of the suspects produced a handgun and demanded the employee to open the cash registers. The employee complied with the suspects’ demands. The suspects removed an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register and left in a silver vehicle.

Detectives reviewed the surveillance footage of the store and obtained photos of the suspects

One of the suspects is described as a Black male, between 20 and 30 years old, around 5-feet, 10 inches tall, approximately 200 lbs., armed with a black handgun, wearing a black mask, an orange hooded sweatshirt with unknown lettering on the sleeves, blue pants and white sneakers.

The other suspect is described as a Black male, between 20 and 30 years old, around 5-feet, 10 inches tall, approximately 160 lbs., wearing a black ski mask, a white t-shirt, gray pants and black sneakers with letters on the heels.

Anyone with information regarding these suspects or this crime is asked to call the Major Crimes Division at 240-773-5070 or 240-773-TIPS or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect. Callers can remain anonymous.