Money, cigarettes taken in convenience store robbery

There were no injuries in an early morning robbery Saturday at a south Cape Girardeau convenience store.

Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Don's Store 24, 341 South Sprigg St., at 5:28 a.m. Saturday.

Officers were told that two black male subjects wearing ski masks entered the store demanding cash and cigarettes from the clerk. After the clerk gave the men what they asked for, the suspects fled on foot, heading north on Sprigg Street, according to a police statement.

There was no one else in the store at the time of this incident.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers, 332-0500, or the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

Pertinent address:

341 South Sprigg St., Cape Girardeau, MO