EZ Mart employee robbed at gunpoint

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Police are investigating a robbery at a Little Rock EZ Mart.

According to reports, around 12:45 am on December 4, an employee at the EZ Mart located at 11911 Mara Lynn Road in Little Rock was returning from taking out the trash when he saw an unknown man crouching in front of the business. The employee tried to run in the opposite direction but fell, at which point the suspect grabbed him by the collar and pointed a handgun at him.

The employee told police that the suspect took him back to the business where a second suspect was waiting, then forced him to open the cash register and place the money into a bag. The suspects took the employee’s wallet, made him lay on the floor and then fled the scene on foot.

The investigation is ongoing.