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Deputies: Masked gunman robs east Orange County convenience store

Deputies are looking for a gunman who they said robbed an east Orange County convenience store early Friday morning.
 
Deputies said the clerk at a Circle K store on East Colonial Drive near Bithlo was behind the counter when a masked man armed with a gun came in and forced him to hand over cash,.
 
The gunman then forced the clerk into a bathroom and fled the store.
 
"A few minutes later the clerk came out (and) called 911," said Lt. Pau Hopkins with the Orange County Sheriff's Office. "We had our helicopter respond along with our K-9 who tracked the suspect down the road."
 
Hopkins said the dog lost the gunman's track a short distance from the store. They believe he might have gotten into a car.
 
Investigators said no customers witnessed the robbery.

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