A man with a gun robbed the Apple Store in Clarendon around lunchtime today.
The robbery happened at the store at 2700 Clarendon Blvd just before 12:30 p.m. Initial reports suggest that a suspect in his 20s pulled out a gold-and-black gun with an extended magazine and demanded laptops, before fleeing with four bags of items.
“At approximately 12:27 p.m., police were dispatched to the report of an armed robbery,” Arlington County Police Department spokeswoman Ashley Savage tells ARLnow. “Upon arrival, it was determined the suspect was inside a business when he brandished a firearm and demanded merchandise. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle with the stolen merchandise. The suspect is described as a Black male in his 20s. Police remain on scene investigating.”
The man fled east on Clarendon Blvd in an older model gold Cadillac sedan with Maryland tags, according to scanner traffic. The vehicle, the gun and the suspect seem to match a robbery at the Bethesda Row Apple Store on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 22.
Montgomery County police could be heard today discussing providing additional security for Apple Store locations there following the Clarendon robbery.
ARMED ROBBERY: Apple Store 4800 Bl. of Bethesda Ave. Bethesda, MD. Mont Co. PD on scene investigating an armed robbery with an individual walking into the store armed with a Gold Glock with an extended mag taken 3 Mac Computers.
— DC REALTIME NEWS (@RealTimeNews10) October 22, 2022
ANOTHER APPLE STORE ROBBERY OR ATTEMPT — Apple Store at 2700 Clarendon Blvd in Arlington. Just before 12:30 p.m. gunman accosted store employee and fled in auto. Similar to previous Apple Store robbery in Bethesda. Search in progress. @ARLnowDOTcom h/t @CordellTraffic pic.twitter.com/wuSWiLAeYu
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) November 2, 2022
Hat tip to Alan Henney