The Centralia Police Department is investigating an attempted armed robbery reported in the 300 block of North Buckner Street just after 4:35 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 29.
The victim reported that “an unknown suspect wearing all black approached them and demanded their cellphone but they did not have one,” according to a Centralia Police Department news release.
“According to the victim, the suspect had a gun and hit them in the head with it before firing a round in an unknown direction and leaving the area,” the Centralia Police Department stated in the release, adding, “It is unknown which direction the round was fired, there were no other reports of a gunshot in the area.”
The victim told officers the gun “may have been a revolver,” according to the news release.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Centralia Police Department at 360-330-7680.
