COWETA, Okla. — Coweta police are searching for a man believed to be responsible for an armed robbery at a local pharmacy.
Chief Bell says they found the stolen truck in a wooded area near 241st and 91st Street South in Broken Arrow on April 22. It's near Oneta Ridge Middle School and Highland Park Elementary School.
Police say they had to put both schools on lockdown for a half hour while they searched. Broken Arrow police and their K-9 unit assisted in the search.
According to a release, police received a 911 call and a silent alarm from Express RX off Highway 51 around noon on April 20.
Police Chief Mike Bell said the suspect had a handgun and demanded Oxycodone bottles. He also stole the pharmacist's vehicle from the parking lot, speeding off before officers arrived.
He was last seen heading east on East 121st Street in a stolen 2008 Nissan Titan, Tag number BBM 430.
"I thought it was a joke at first until I drove by and I had seen all the police crime scene tape and everything,” Coweta resident Jakylyn Wapaha told 2 News.
Chief Bell said the April 20 robbery is only the second at a Coweta business in the decade he's served in the department.
“It’s just really sad, it doesn’t happen around here but you know it’s getting everywhere. It’s getting closer to home,” Wapaha added.
Despite the suspect still being on the run, Wapaha said she is confident in the local authorities, "You see (officers) everywhere, so I have faith in them."
Dorinda Keys lived nearby her whole life and said, "That's just not Coweta."
"You never see it happen," Keys said. "That one and the one at Kum N Go are the ones I've only heard about."
2 News also received a video from a neighbor who watched the truck speed after the robbery.
Anyone with information about the suspect who sees him or the vehicle, call the Coweta Police Department or use the Tip411 Coweta Police App to report the sighting.
Do not approach him, as he is considered armed and dangerous.
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