Chapel Hill Police are responding to and investigating an armed robbery on Wednesday that took place at a gas station on a high-traffic street corner.
A spokesperson for the police department confirmed an armed robbery at the Circle K gas station on East Franklin Street and Estes Drive is under investigation, with a suspect being sought. The incident took place between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. No additional details are being made publicly available at this time.
News of the robbery sent nearby Estes Hills Elementary School and Phillips Middle School into “secure mode” as a result. The mode is a step below the full lockdown of a campus, but requires students and staff to get inside a school building and to lock outside doors. Families of students at the two schools were alerted to the change in campus status around 12:20 p.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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