COLUMBIA — A young man put his hand in his pocket early Tuesday morning, said he had a gun, and took an undisclosed amount of money from the Ramada Inn near Interstate 70 and U.S. 63, officials said in a news release from the Columbia Police Department.
The suspect entered through a side door at around 5:20 a.m. and, after announcing he was armed, demanded money from the 34-year-old female night clerk.
Described in the release as a *6-foot-tall teen in a light blue, striped polo shirt, dark jeans and a light blue baseball cap, the suspect took off on foot with the money, and had not yet been apprehended as of 10 a.m. Tuesday.