Mt. Pleasant police seek suspects in armed robbery of Auto Zone

MT. PLEASANT (WITI) -- Mount Pleasant police are searching for two male suspects in connection with an armed robbery that occurred at Auto Zone on Durand Avenue in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday night, October 9th.

According to police, the suspects entered the store and displayed handguns to two employees.

The suspects are described as:

#1   Male Hispanic, 25-40 years of age, 5'7, 180lbs, brown eyes, wearing dark jeans, a dark hooded sweatshirt that had the hood up and pulled tight, black bandana with white skulls, and brown boots.

#2   Male Hispanic in his 20’s, 5’05” 14-150 lbs with brown eyes wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with hood up and pulled tight, dark jeans, brown boots, and a black bandana with white skulls.

The suspects demanded money and forced one of the clerks to open the safe.

The suspects then left the store with an undisclosed amount of money in an unknown direction prior to police arrival.  No one was injured and the robbery remains under investigation.