UPDATE: Today, Kilgore police released surveillance video from Saturday's incident.
KILGORE (KYTX) - On Saturday August 4, 2012 at approximately 12:27 P.M., Kilgore police officers responded to an Aggravated Robbery at Rose Package Store #3, located at 3300 US 259 N in Kilgore, Gregg Co., TX.
A Rose Package Store staff member told officers a black male, dressed as a woman wearing a black wig, a green knee-length dress and white undershirt, entered the store brandishing a silver handgun described as a revolver.
The lone perpetrator then produced a set of handcuffs and forced the clerk to handcuff himself. The perpetrator took an undisclosed amount of cash from the cash register and clerk before fleeing the scene in a white in color 1987 Buick four-door sedan, Texas License Plate CV4Y820.
That vehicle was located a short time later by Kilgore Police Officers, abandoned in a parking lot, a short distance from the crime scene and is currently in impound at the Kilgore Police Department.
Anyone with additional information regarding this crime is encouraged to contact Detective Trae Portwood of the Kilgore Police Department.
Anonymous information regarding this crime can be submitted to The Kilgore Police Department at www.kilgorepolice.com, Kilgore Police Department on facebook or Crime Stoppers.
Information may also be submitted by texting to: 847411 + Kilgore + "your tip".
