A man implying he had a gun in his pocket robbed a campus Community Pharmacy and a Shopko pharmacy of morphine and other drugs Tuesday morning, according to a police report.
A third robbery at the State Street Walgreens was reported Tuesday morning as well, but Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain confirmed the information was “inaccurate.”
“We didn’t have a robbery at Walgreens this morning,” DeSpain said.
The person of interest demanded pharmaceuticals from the Community Pharmacy, located at 341 State St., at approximately 9:07 a.m., and kept his hand in his pocket, implying he had a gun, the report said.
Police suspect the same man entered the Shopko pharmacy, located at 2201 Zeier Rd., at approximately 11:06 a.m., and robbed it in a similar manner, according to the report.
The report said police detained the person of interest walking on East Washington Avenue near East Towne Mall Tuesday, but DeSpain said police had not arrested the suspect as of approximately 3:45 p.m.
