HOLLAND, Mich. — Holland Public Safety Officers are searching for a man who robbed a gas station on Tuesday.
Investigators say the suspect entered the Admiral Station at 61 E. 24th Street around 8 p.m., showed a handgun and demanded cash. The clerk was the only one inside the building at the time. Investigators say the weapon wasn’t actually pointed at the employee.
After getting an undetermined amount of cash, the suspect ran off and was last seen heading north on College Avenue. Police set up a perimeter and brought in a K-9 unit to search the area but were unable to locate the suspect.
Later in the evening, around 10:40 p.m., police learned during a canvas of surrounding businesses that a man had been asking for money at a nearby company prior to the robbery. Police called him a person-of-interest in the robbery, but were able to talk to the man on Wednesday and they determined he was not involved.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Holland Department of Public Safety at 616-355-1150 or Ottawa County Silent Observer at 1-877-88-SILENT.
