Police searching for Norton armed robbery suspects

NORTON, Mass. (WLNE) — Police are searching for two suspects after an armed robbery in Norton.

The Norton Police Department said officers responded to the Cumberland Farms on Mansfield Avenue around 1:22 a.m. Wednesday for a reported armed robbery.

Officials said the store clerk told police that she had just been robbed at gunpoint, after which the suspects ran down Mansfield Avenue (Route 140) with an unknown amount of cash.

The clerk provided the following descriptions of the two suspects:

• Suspect 1: Athletic build, dark skin toned and approximately 5’ 8”. Black sneakers, black jogger-style pants (logo on left leg, possibly Nike), black long-sleeve t-shirt, black gloves, and white t-shirt wrapped as a mask. Silver, semi-auto handgun in right hand.
• Suspect 2: Shorter of the two, thinner build, dark skin toned. Black sneakers, black baggy pants, black zip windbreaker-style jacket with hood up, lighter color undershirt, black t-shirt wrapped as a mask, black gloves. Possible left-handed. Uses black backpack with face logo.

Police provided surveillance photos of the two suspects and their backpack.

A photo of a suspect backpack in an armed robbery in Norton. (Norton PD)

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Norton Police Detective Division.