Authorities seeking armed robbery suspect

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published August 25, 2022 at 1:26 PM PDT

Surveillance photos of the armed robber (inset, top and bottom left); GoogleMaps streetview image of Sandy's Deli in Eugene.

Eugene Police are looking for an armed robber who they say fired a gun inside Sandy’s Deli this morning.

The incident happened at 7:30 am at 4925 Barger Avenue. No one was injured, and the suspect fled with cash. Police units arrived afterwards and began searching for the man.

The robber is described as a white man in his 40s, with heavy build and clad in a black military-type jacket, black cargo pants, and black Nike hat and zip-up. He was also wearing clear-frame sunglasses with bright blue lenses.

Anyone with information can call 541-682-5111 (and refer to case 22-12824.)

Crime, Law & Justice

Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a part-time reporter for the KLCC News department who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with Underscore Native News and was also a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (25 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Indigenous Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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