CRIME

Southwest Topeka liquor store robbed by masked men with gun

Tim Hrenchir
threnchir@cjonline.com
Two men escaped with money after a robbery late Thursday at Lynn's Liquors, 3335 S.W. Gage Blvd., shown here. [Topeka Capital-Journal file photo]

Two masked men, one carrying a handgun, escaped with an undisclosed amount of money late Thursday after robbing Lynn's Liquors, 3335 S.W. Gage Boulevard. No one was hurt, and no arrests have been made.

Topeka police Lt. Manny Munoz said officers were called about 10:42 p.m. to the store, where the clerk had been sitting in a chair using his phone when he looked up to see the men had entered the store.

The robbers were last seen running from the business, Munoz said. One wore a black ski mask and a dark heavy jacket, while the other wore a red ski mask and heavy jacket, he said. The second man carried a handgun. Further descriptions of the robbers were not available.

Lynn's Liquors had also been robbed in July.

Munoz asked anyone with information about Thursday's robbery to call the police criminal investigations bureau at (785) 368-9400 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 234-0007.