Armed robber holds up LR gas station

— Authorities in Little Rock are looking for a robber who held up a gas station at gunpoint late Tuesday night.

The Little Rock Police Department said the robber entered the Exxon at 5223 S. University Ave. shortly before 11:30 p.m.

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A store employee told investigators the man displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the register. He fled east toward a nearby apartment complex after taking $140, police said.

The robber is described as a black man about 5-foot-6 and about 140 pounds. He was wearing a brown coat and bluejeans, police said.

No arrests have been made.

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