Armed robber hits Elmont gas station

A man armed with a handgun robbed an Elmont gas station early Sunday morning, Nassau police said.

Police said a man wearing gloves and a do-rag over his face and carrying a silver and black handgun went to the Petro gas station on 1238 Hempstead Tpke. at 4:52 a.m. and demanded money from an employee, 23.

The suspect took money from the employee, as well as 10 packs of cigarettes, a cellphone and the gas station's cordless phone before leaving the station in a late-model brown Ford Explorer driven by another man, police said.

No one was injured in the robbery, police said.

Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.