Las Vegas police seek suspect in armed robbery on Strip

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it was searching for an armed robbery suspect who entered a business on the Strip in mid-March. 

According to police, at approximately 9:02 p.m. on Mar. 18, the suspect allegedly entered near the 3000 block of S. Las Vegas Boulevard and picked up several items of merchandise.

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At that point, as he was attempting to leave the business, the suspect pointed a handgun at an employee while threatening to shoot before fleeing the area. 

The suspect was described as a white male adult in his 20s, approximately 5'8", weighing 180 pounds with longer dirty blonde hair and unshaven.

He was wearing a blue and gray UNLV beanie, blue surgical mask, a black t-shirt and black sweatpants.