Police probe robbery of Lukoil gas station mini-mart

He robbed a gas station mini-mart at gunpoint Tuesday night in North Massapequa, Nassau County police said.

Now, police are searching for the masked robber who they said may have fled the scene in a brown Hyundai Elantra driven by a female accomplice.

The robbery occurred at a Lukoil mini-mart on North Broadway at 10:55 p.m. Police said the robber entered the mart, flashed a silver handgun and ordered the attendant to take cash from the register and place it into a blue duffel bag. The robber, cash in hand, then fled on foot toward North Linden Street, where police said he may have entered the Hyundai, driven by a woman believed to be in her 50s.

Police said the clerk was not injured in the robbery. Police did not detail the amount of cash taken.

The robber wore a black ski mask, a gray hoodie and jeans. Police are asking anyone who knows anything about the robbery to call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-8477.

All calls will remain confidential.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”