Man robs Grindstone Liquor and Cstore on Wednesday night

Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 12:43 p.m. CDT; updated 1:07 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 30, 2009

COLUMBIA — A man robbed the Grindstone Liquor and Cstore at gunpoint Wednesday night, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department.

At approximately 11 p.m. the man entered the convenience store, located at 2513 S. Old 63, and pointed a black handgun at a 22-year-old employee and demanded money, according to the news release. The man then left the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of the store's money before police arrived. Two customers were in the store at the time of the robbery, and no one was injured, the release says.

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