Robbery

At around 3:50 p.m. on January 13th, police were dispatched to the Rushmore Mall for a robbery that had just occurred at Knife Worx. Officers made entrance to the mall and worked with mall security to secure the other storefronts as police worked to investigate the robbery. Officers entered Knife Worx and searched for the suspect. No one was located in the store. Police were then informed that the store employee had fled the store during the robbery and called police from a different storefront in the mall. After making contact with the store employee, police determined that an unknown male subject and entered Knife Worx, brandished a handgun, and demanded money from the employee. The employee complied before fleeing the store. It’s believed the suspect exited out the store’s rear entrance before he fled the scene. The suspect is described as a Caucasian male with a skinny build, approximately 20 – 25 years of age, standing around 5’10” in height, wearing a black sweater, black hat, and a black bandana over his face.