NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man wearing a mask and armed with a gun robbed a Newport News gas station Monday afternoon.

Newport News Police got the call to respond to the East Coast gas station in the 11700 block of Jefferson Avenue just before 1:30 p.m.

The robber had already fled on foot by the time officers arrived.

According to police, the suspect demanded money from the employee at gunpoint and took off as soon as he got it.

There were no injuries reported.