Citrus County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a call just before 10 p.m. Sunday, reporting that the Dollar General at 1385 N. Florida Ave., Hernando, had just been robbed at gunpoint.

The two female clerks told the responding deputies and assigned detective that they were in the break room when they heard the front doors open. One of them went to help the customer and was met by a suspect holding a handgun, who ordered her back to the break room and told her to lie face down on the floor.

He ordered the other clerk to open the safe, which she did. The suspect took an undetermined amount of cash, then exited through the front doors. A vehicle may have been waiting for him outside.

No shots were fired, and no injuries were reported.

Both victims said the suspect was wearing a ski mask which obscured his face. However, they described him as being approximately six feet tall, with a thin build. He was dressed all in black and was wearing gloves.

UPDATE (Oct. 13, 2011) - The suspect was captured on Oct. 12 by Hillsborough County deputies near Riverview.

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