Police Investigate Maryland City Armed Robbery

Police are looking for a suspect that allegedly robbed a Maryland City business Monday night, Anne Arundel County Police reported.

Around 7:43 p.m., a man walked into the Royal International Market in the 3500 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road on Monday night, showed a handgun and robbed the clerk of an unknown amount of cash, police said. He then fled on foot toward Route 198.

The police did set up a perimeter and used K-9 units and aviation to locate the suspect, but did not find him.

The suspect is described as a thin, black man with facial hair. He was wearing a dark-colored suit, a white shirt, black tie and baseball hat, police said.

Anyone with information should call Metro Crime Stoppers Hotline Available 24-Hours A Day Toll Free at 1-866-7LOCKUP or Text "MCS plus your message" to CRIMES (274637)

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 1:18 p.m. Our initial report attributed the story to WUSA9, however since then we received the same information from police. You can read the WUSA9 version here.