Tulsa police respond to restaurant robbery
BY AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Thursday, January 10, 2013
1/10/13 at 9:40 AM
Tulsa police responded to a robbery at a Mexican eatery late Wednesday.
Emergency dispatchers received a report of a robbery with shots fired at the Tacos Don Francisco, 4008 E. 11th St. around 11:30 p.m., Officer Jillian Roberson said.
Employees told the responding officers that a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a mask entered the restaurant and fired one round from a pistol into a refrigerator before grabbing money from the cash register and fleeing the scene, Roberson said.
Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man in his early 20s.
Anyone with more information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS (2677), online at tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers or via text message at CRIMES (274637). Text tips should begin with “Tip918.” Tipsters can remain anonymous and may earn a reward.
