PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for a man they say robbed a Rite Aid in the city's West Oak Lane section on Friday morning.
It happened just before noon at the Rite Aid located on the 7400 block of Ogontz Avenue.
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Police said the man initially acted as if he was going to make a purchase, but then handed an employee a demand note which read in part: "Give me all the money. I'm sorry, I have a sick child. You have 15 seconds."
Authorities said the man then ran away from the store north on 75th street with an undetermined amount of cash.
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Police described the robber as a black male, between 30 and 40 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches tall, of a thin build with a mustache and/or a goatee.
At the time of the incident, he was said to be wearing a gray hooded zip-up jacket, denim-style jeans, black sneakers, black/gray gloves, a dark-colored baseball cap with a sticker on the brim, with possible prescription glasses and carrying a gray or black backpack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.