Police in search of gas station robbery suspect

(KALAMAZOO) (WKZO AM/FM) — Deputies from the Kalamazoo County Sheriffs’ Office are on the lookout for a suspect who robbed a gas station at gunpoint late Friday night.  Authorities say that around 11:50 p.m. the suspect entered the Marathon Gas Station on West Main Street near U.S. 131 and pointed a handgun at the cashier demanding money before fleeing on foot in a northwesterly direction.  The suspect is described as a black male, approximately five-feet-nine inches tall wearing a black hoodie with an orange ski mask covering the lower half of his face.  Anyone with information is asked to call the Kalamazoo County Sheriffs’ Office or Silent Observer.