Clerk found fatally shot at Arlington Grocery Store – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Police in Arlington are looking for a man who they say shot dead a clerk from a shop early Sunday morning.

Around 5 p.m., a customer entered the EZ Mart in the 100 block of East Bardin Road and the clerk responded to the floor behind the counter, police said.

The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was pronounced dead at the store.

According to police, surveillance footage from the store showed a man entering the store around 3:30 a.m., shooting the victim several times and taking several items out of the store.

The man fled on foot eastward on Bardin, police said.

Police described the suspect as a black man with a slender build and long hair wearing a red baseball cap and jacket and a dark-colored shirt.

No calls were made or alarms sounded from the store before the customer who found the man walked in, police said.

Shortly before the shooting, another person was in the store. Police hope to speak to the customer to determine if they saw anything.

EZ Mart offered a reward of $ 5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect in the shooting. Anonymous tips can be given by calling Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477. Tips can also be given by calling Detective Jennifer Rodriguez at 817-459-5650.

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