Kennewick convenience store robbed Easter morning

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Kennewick Police are looking for two people suspected of robbing a Circle K early Sunday morning.

Officers responded to the Circle K on Columbia Center Blvd. at W. Deschutes Ave. at about 1:30 a.m. for a reported robbery.

A store clerks told investigators that two men wearing masks and dark clothing had walked into the store and demanded money and cigarettes. Police say one of the suspects may have had a weapon, and the clerk followed the demands.

The store clerk was not hurt.

The Richland Police Department, the Benton County Sherriff’s Office, and Washington State Patrol all helped contain the area while a K9 attempted to track the suspects, but they were not found.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the Kennewick Police Department or the non-emergency dispatch at 509-628-0333 and reference case 20-14101.