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PD: 2 armed men hold up Blue Gibbon Chinese restaurant in Paddock Hills

PD: 2 armed men hold up Blue Gibbon Chinese restaurant in Paddock Hills
Posted at 12:01 PM, Nov 02, 2016
and last updated 2016-11-02 12:01:35-04

CINCINNATI -- Police are seeking two suspects who held up the Blue Gibbon Chinese Restaurant at gunpoint before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash Tuesday night.

An employee from the Paddock Hills restaurant punched an under-the-counter panic button to alert police to the aggravated robbery at 9:49 p.m. Tuesday, according to the police incident report. 

The first suspect was described in the incident report as a black man wearing a black mask. The report said he was about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build, wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, dark jeans and grey Nike shoes. He was carrying a silver semi-automatic weapon.

According to the incident report, the second suspect was a black male, also about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build, wearing a Halloween mask, dark blue hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, brown Timberland boots. He was armed with a black revolver.

Both men were wearing gloves. The restaurant employee told police they fled toward Paddock Road, but police were unable to locate the suspects.