Police investigate pharmacy robbery
<p>Officers with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department respond to Shopko Thursday evening after a robbery of the store’s pharmacy. Authorities and store management reviewed surveillance video after the suspect fled the scene as part of an investigation.</p>
<p>After receiving another call, Coeur d’Alene Police officer Amy Winstead runs through the Shopko parking lot with Kane, the department’s apprehension dog.</p>
Coeur d'Alene Police responded at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to a report of a robbery at the Shopko Pharmacy at 217 W. Ironwood Drive.
Witnesses said a man wearing a ski mask approached a pharmacy employee, claimed he had a gun and demanded prescription medication. He grabbed the medication and fled north on foot through the parking lot, police reported.
The suspect is a white male, age 20-30, who is 5-foot-11 with acne scars on his face. He was wearing a black hoodie, a black ski mask and gray sweats, police reported.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call police at 769-2320.