Crime

Kennewick police arrest man who robbed a clerk at gunpoint

Kennewick police are hunting for a suspect who robbed a Volland Street convenience store early Tuesday.
Kennewick police are hunting for a suspect who robbed a Volland Street convenience store early Tuesday. Kennewick police

A 24-year-old man is accused of robbing a Kennewick convenience store early Tuesday.

A masked man came into the Jet Mart Conoco on Volland Street at 2:43 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk at gunpoint, Kennewick police said. After the clerk handed over the cash, the robber ran from the store.

Kennewick police are hunting for a suspect who robbed a Volland Street convenience store early Tuesday.
Kennewick police are hunting for a suspect who robbed a Volland Street convenience store early Tuesday. Kennewick police

Police got a tip that Reeves was the person behind the mask, police said. Officers detained him after spotted him during an unrelated investigation. They found he had a gun.

When they talked to him he allegedly confessed to the robbing the store.

He was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of meth.

This story was originally published July 23, 2019 at 8:46 AM.

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Cameron Probert
Tri-City Herald
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