Man sought in Commack 7-Eleven holdup

Suffolk police are looking for a masked man who used a handgun to hold up a Commack convenience store.

Second Squad detectives released photographs Wednesday taken from video surveillance at a 7-Eleven store at 6230 Jericho Tpke. on Aug. 8 at about 4:50 a.m. The video shows the man wearing a ski mask and armed with a black handgun.

Police said the man showed the handgun to a store employee and demanded that he give him a drawer in the cash register. He took the cash from the drawer, emptied it into a plastic bag and then fled on foot south on Valmont Avenue.

The suspect is between 20 and 30 years old, about 5-foot-10 with a thin build and curly brown hair, police said.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-8477. All calls will be kept confidential.