ST. LOUIS — A man is facing charges after police said he robbed an employee of Pi Pizzeria in the Central West End Monday night.
Kamron Walker, 29, was charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in connection with the Oct. 2 robbery at the restaurant on the 400 block of North Euclid Avenue.
Police said an off-duty officer was doing security work in the area when someone flagged him down to report a hold-up at around 9 p.m. When officers arrived at the restaurant, an employee said she was in the office counting the cash from the register after closing when a person in a black mask wearing all black threw down a black bag. She said the man then pointed a gun at her and gestured toward the bag.
The woman said she complied, handing over the money she was counting, and the man ran out of the building. The woman was not physically hurt during the robbery.
Police said they identified Walker as a suspect in the robbery, and spotted him the next day near the intersection of Kingshighway and Chippewa. Officers pulled him over and took him into custody without incident.
He is being held without bond.
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