Murfreesboro Police responded to an armed robbery call at 12:40 p.m. Friday from the store owner Mike Pandit.

Pandit reported two black males wearing dark clothes entered the store, brandished a silver semi-automatic pistol and demanded money.

“The gunman had the owner open the register and the second suspect came behind the counter and actually took $400-$500 out of the drawer,” MPD Officer Tamara Jensen reported.

The gunman then allegedly demanded Pandit hand over his wallet, which contained an additional $300 and credit cards. He then allegedly grabbed the victim’s laptop and the suspects ran out of the door in the direction of Summerlake Apartments.

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Two men hijacked a young man’s bicycle on Northwest Broad Street Saturday afternoon.

The 17-year-old Blackman student was riding his bicycle on Broad Street near State Route 840 around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when an older model dark red pick-up truck forced him from the road.

The driver, a white male with blond hair around 40 years old to 45 years old wearing a blue plaid shirt, allegedly approached the youth with a black semi-automatic pistol.

The driver then allegedly took the youth’s wallet and bicycle, a blue and silver Quest mountain bike.

The young man also reported a passenger in the truck, who had brown hair and was wearing a red shirt.

The victim could not report a tag number.

Anyone with information regarding these crimes is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 893-STOP.