San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX

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November 24, 2009

Dripping Springs store robbed

From the Hays County Sheriff's Office:



On Tuesday at approximately 6 p.m. ,the Hays County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported armed robbery with shots fired at DS Grocery, located at 601 US Hwy 290 in Dripping Springs.

Deputies learned that a Hispanic male, approximately 24 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing blue jeans, a grey UT hoodie and a white mask (possibly a pillow case) over his face and brandishing a shotgun entered the store, approached the clerk and demanded money. The clerk complied with and handed him a bag with money when a customer in the store grabbed the shotgun.

A tussle ensued and the shotgun went off firing one shot into the ceiling of the store. The suspect dropped the gun and fled the store, dropping the money as he exited. He jumped into a waiting vehicle which is described as a dark colored Honda passenger car with either paper plates or obscured plates and being driven by a second undescribed hispanic male and fled eastbound on US Hwy 290. The money was recovered and no one was injured in this incident.

Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to please contact the Hays County Sheriff's Office, 393-7800 or Crime Stoppers, (800) 324-TIPS.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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