Officers from the Hillsborough Police Department and deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted armed robbery at a BP service station in Hillsborough Friday.
Police say a woman was pumping gas at the station on Cardinal Drive when she noticed a man watching her near the dumpsters. After finishing pumping gas, the woman parked in front of the convenience store and went inside. Once the woman returned to her vehicle, police say the man approached her driver’s side door and pointed a gun at her. The woman pushed the gun away, got inside the vehicle and dialed 911 while the suspect fled on foot toward the nearby McDonald’s.
According to a social media post from the Hillsborough Police Department, officers and Orange County Sheriff’s deputies set up a perimeter and canvassed the area. Surveillance footage confirmed where the man fled, and he was eventually found hiding in a nearby bathroom. He was taken into custody and the gun was found in his backpack…