Aurora police said a 30-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint after pumping gas in Aurora on Wednesday evening.
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According to Aurora Police Department spokesman Dan Ferrelli, the man was getting ready to leave a gas station in the 1100 block of East New York Street around 6 a.m. when the robbery occurred.
The man told police that he had just gotten into his car and was ready to close the door when a man approached the vehicle and prevented the door from closing.
The robber reached inside the car, held a handgun to the victim’s neck and demanded money, police said.
Ferrelli said the robber was given an undisclosed amount of cash, then ran to a nearby older, gray Dodge Durango that drove off eastbound on New York Street.
The robber was described as a white or Hispanic man, about 5 feet 11 inches tall. He was skinny and had short brown hair, brown eyes and a beard. He was wearing a white T-shirt and dark pants, police said.
During the robbery, the man who was robbed noticed another man in a gray Chevrolet Impala who might have been acting as a lookout for the robber. The man in the vehicle watched the robbery occur and then followed the robber’s vehicle eastbound onto New York Street, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Aurora police investigators at 630-256-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000.