LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Police are searching for a man who was involved in a robbery outside a northwest Lincoln gas station earlier this month.
The robbery happened on July 14 in the parking lot of U-Stop near Highway 34 and West Fletcher Avenue.
Police said a man approached the victim and asked for cash to buy food.
The victim said he’d give the man $5 but only had $20 bills. He gave him a $20 bill, but the man insisted he wanted more, according to police.
The man then punched the victim and the face and said he had a gun and knife in his vehicle, police said.
The victim ran inside to call 911 and the man left the area in an older white Chevy pickup truck.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 402-441-6000 or Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600.
