Texarkana Police Searching For Hotel Bandit
Texarkana, Texas Police is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in a robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning at the Residence Inn, at 3900 Saint Michael Drive.
According to Texas side police, officers were dispatched to the report of a robbery at the Residence Inn at approximately 2:30 earlier this morning. The front desk clerk told officers that a man entered the lobby area armed with a pistol and wearing what appeared to be a gas mask. The man ordered the clerk to give him the money from the register. He then made the employee show him where the safe was located inside the office.
After the suspect shot at the safe three times in an unsuccessful attempt to open it, he then fled in an unknown direction. At the time of the robbery, the suspect was wearing a black hoodie and black shorts.
Anyone with information about this robbery or this suspect are urged to contact the Texarkana Texas Police Department at 903-798-3116, or Texarkana Area Crime Stoppers at 903-793-STOP.