Armed Robbery at Rochester Cell Phone Business

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - Rochester police are searching for a group of men who robbed a business near the Crossroads Shopping Center this afternoon.

Police Lieutenant Jim Evanson says four black males with handguns entered the AT&T store near HyVee South around 12:45 p.m. After tying up five employees and one customer with zip ties, the robbers gathered up merchandise from the store and fled in a light-colored four-door car, possibly a Chevy Impala, with Texas license plates.

Two of the robbers were wearing orange construction type vests.

Lieutenant Evanson says investigators are interviewing witnesses and reviewing the recordings from video security systems in the store and neighboring businesses.

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