HOPEWELL, Va. — An armed robbery turned violent Friday evening when two masked men armed with guns walked into a Hopewell convenience store, demanded money and roughed up the lone employee, police say.
The pair walked into the BP convenience store in the 5200 block of Oaklawn Boulevard just before 10 p.m. Friday.
“When we got there, we were told that, they stormed into the store, went right to the staff member and brandished firearms at his and roughed him up a little bit and demanded he cooperate, which he did,” Lt. Israel Perez said.
Police describe one robber as wearing a dark grey hoodie and the other a black hoodie with “NikeAir” across the front of it…