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Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Walgreens drug store in Yonkers late Friday afternoon.

Employees of the store on Yonkers Avenue say the suspect walked up and down the aisles before the robbery.

Afterward, police say he ran out the front door and around the back of the building. His escape was captured by a surveillance camera.

Police say the suspect, who is believed to be a Hispanic male in his 30s, walked up to the counter, told a female pharmacist he had a gun and demanded money.

?I don't think anybody realized what was going on,? says Debbie Traynor, of Yonkers, who was at the store during the heist.

According to employees, the suspect also asked for narcotics, but only made off with $700 in cash after the pharmacist told him she did not have access to the drugs he wanted.

No one was injured in the robbery, but the incident now has many customers concerned for their safety since it happened in broad daylight.

?It's shocking to know it was robbed in broad daylight,? says Tracie Lampley, of White Plains. ?I wouldn't think something like that would happen in this area.?

Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Walgreens drug store in Yonkers late Friday afternoon.  Employees of the store on Yonkers Avenue say the suspect walked up and down the aisles before

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Santa is very busy these days. We know the clock is ticking until his big day of Christmas. Matt. Yes. And the clock is ticking too for my shopping to start as we get into say, maybe December 20th or so, maybe that will be a good time to start doing it. I want to focus on some serious things though, first and foremost, here today, chilly, a few flurries. But let's head to the map right now and talk about what we might be looking at for later in the day on Sunday. Now, the timing with this will change over the next couple of days, but we're still watching the chance for some moderate to heavy rain for at least a couple of hours and temperatures surging up to near 60 degrees later Sunday evening and Sunday night, potentially ending very early on Monday and there will be some wind with that as well. Again, that's late Sunday, potentially into early on Monday. So something to keep in the back of our minds for right now as we plan ahead, future cast as we go throughout the rest of today, a couple of flurries around through about five o'clock, we've had some flurries around, even a few rain sprinkles at times, go back to around freezing or below this evening and overnight and we actually get a little bit of some partial clearing for a few hours during the overnight that will allow temperatures to drop into the twenties. More clouds move in mid-morning tomorrow and by mid to late morning and through the early part of the afternoon tomorrow, we will have another chance for a few scattered light snow showers and flurries again. Nothing that's amounting to anything on the ground though. So dress warmly. The rest of today, it's chilly outside right now. Temperatures around 40 at best scattered flurries through the afternoon and ending early this evening. Then some partial clearing overnight tonight, a cold night, a night to maybe even add the extra layer into early on Thursday. So tomorrow we do this all over again where we have a couple of scattered flurries midday, mostly cloudy, chilly near 40 upper forties, Friday pick of the week. Still Saturday with a mix of sun and clouds. Sunday will start off fine, but it's turning more windy temperatures near 60 late in the day with rain Sunday night next week shaping up to be mostly dry with highs in the forties.

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Manhunt on for Walgreens robber