Investigators on Wednesday released surveillance photos of a man who shot and killed a convenience store clerk on Thanksgiving Day in Centennial.
The shooting happened at about 6:45 p.m. Nov. 26 at the 8000 block of South Quebec Street, according to an Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office news release.
On 12/9/2020 ACSO Investigators obtained new photos of suspect involved in the homicide @ 8263 S. Quebec St. 11/26/2020. Inv's continue to follow up on the leads coming into the Sheriff’s tip line. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call 720-874-8477
— Arapahoe Sheriff (@ArapahoeSO)
Deputies responding to the shooting found the clerk lying on the floor of the Circle K behind a counter.
“The victim told Deputies he remembered the suspect was wearing a mask, but could not remember anything else,” the release said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he died in surgery, the sheriff’s office said.
The shooter is described as a white man, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall with an average build. He was wearing a gray hoodie, a black and white plaid jacket or shirt, gray pants, brown shoes and eyeglasses.
Video surveillance showed that the suspect entered the store and talked with the victim, ordering cigarettes. “The suspect then points a handgun at the victim and the victim puts the cigarettes and money from the cash register in a shopping bag,” the release said. “When the victim hands the bag to the suspect, the suspect shoots the victim.”
Witnesses told deputies they saw a man, matching the description of the shooter, walk away from the store after the incident.
Anyone with information on the shooting, or who recognizes the suspect, is asked to call the sheriff’s tip line at 720-874-8477.
