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Cops: Man with gun robs Rite Aid, demands prescription drugs

Pictured: Rite Aid on St. James Avenue in Goose Creek.
Pictured: Rite Aid on St. James Avenue in Goose Creek.

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–According to Captain John Grainger, at approximately 2:05 p.m. police were dispatched to the Rite Aid Pharmacy located at 214 St. James Ave. in reference to a robbery.

Upon arrival, officers met with pharmacy workers who told them that a white man had approached the pharmacy counter, pointed a pistol that was and remained in his waistband and demanded a particular controlled substance.

The requested substance was placed in a shopping bag and handed to the suspect at which time he fled the store via the front door and got into a green vehicle that was waiting in front of the store.

The vehicle departed the premises onto Central Ave.

Grainger says the robbery suspect is a white male wearing a dark hat. He has “843” tattooed to his neck and tattoos on both of his forearms.

The driver of the vehicle was a white male. No other description of the driver is available.

There were no injuries attributed to this incident.

The investigation is ongoing. If you have any information on this case, you’re asked to call Goose Creek Police or Crimestoppers at (843) 554-1111.

Nikki Gaskins Campbell
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