Employees tied up as man, woman rob AT&T store at gunpoint in Sterling Heights
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (FOX 2) - Police are looking for two suspects after an armed robbery at an AT&T store in Sterling Heights New Year's Eve. Multiple employees were tied up in the back area of the store.
The robbery happened around 3 p.m. at the store on Van Dyke, just north of 15 Mile Road.
![Policemen are seen through the storefront window of the AT&T shop in Sterling Heights.](https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox2detroit.com/www.fox2detroit.com/content/uploads/2020/01/932/524/wjbk-att-employee-tied-up-010120.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Police say one of the employees was able to get loose from the restraint and call 911. The two suspects had already driven off in a white Pontiac Grand Prix by the time police got there.
Police say the suspects are a man and a woman, but both had their faces covered. They were wearing all black clothes and the man had a trench coat and a semi-automatic rifle.
Police didn't say if the suspects got away with anything.