Attendant, Customer Hurt in Gas Station Robbery

Three masked men—at least one of them displaying a handgun—robbed the Darien Exxon gas station at 1358 Post Rd. shortly before 9 p.m. Monday, struggled with a customer and an attendant, then made off with an undetermined amount of cash.

The attendent told police that the customer was in the station when the three robbers arrived. A struggle ensued in which both the attendant and the customer received minor injuries before the robbers took money from the customer and left.

Neither the attendant nor the customer saw a vehicle the robbers might have used to get away, Darien police said in a statement released at 11:11 p.m.

A dog from a Stamford police K-9 unit tracked the robbers to a nearby parking lot, but lost the scent there.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident to call the Darien Police detective bureau at (203) 662-5330.

Update 11:54 p.m.: Although a handgun was displayed, it was not discharged during the incident, according to Darien police.

Editor's note: A map showing the location of the robbery is attached to this article. The gas station is just to the east of (and across the street from) Darien Library.