FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - State police are searching for a suspect accused of brandishing a firearm during an armed robbery at a rest stop in Framingham on Thursday morning.
Troopers responding to a report of a robbery at a Starbucks in a rest area along the westbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike around 6:15 a.m. learned that a gun-wielding suspect had forced his way into the building and stole cash from a safe before fleeing, according to Massachusetts State Police.
Money could be seen on the ground in the grass outside of the building.
An immediate search of the area for the suspect proved unsuccessful.
No additional information has been released.
The incident remains under investigation.
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Cash on the ground outside the #Starbucks that was robbed this morning along the pike @7News pic.twitter.com/boG45gaIaV
— John Cuoco (@JCuocoNews) December 26, 2019
The #Starbucks at the #Framingham rest area on the Mass Pike was robbed this morning just before 6:30. @MassStatePolice say the suspect had a firearm and got access to a safe before taking off. @7News pic.twitter.com/bIA7pjK9qM
— John Cuoco (@JCuocoNews) December 26, 2019
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