Armed Circle K robber demands cash, cigarettes

A Circle K store in northwest Phoenix was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night by an unknown man who demanded cash from the register.

The robber entered the Circle K near 51st Avenue and Thunderbird Road around 11:18 p.m. Tuesday, according to police document.

Showing a gun, the robber demanded the clerk give him money from the cash register. He fled the store after taking the money and two cartons of cigarettes.