Police: Gun-toting granny robs Fort Worth store 'for my grandkids'

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By DEANNA BOYD

dboyd@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH -- Whatever happened to spoiling your grandchildren with cookies?

A gun-toting granny clad in pajamas and house shoes robbed an east Fort Worth convenience store early Thursday, telling the clerk, “I am doing this for my grandkids.”

The robbery occurred about 3:45 a.m. at the RaceTrac convenience store at 1840 Eastchase Parkway.

According to a police report, the woman entered the store, grabbed an orange drink, then told the clerk she needed two cartons of Newport cigarettes and two cigarillos.

The clerk said when he turned around from retrieving her items, the woman pulled a handgun from beneath her pajama top and ordered him to open the main register.

She threatened to shoot the clerk if he did not comply, warning “this gun has a hairline trigger.”

The woman fled with the money, cigarettes, and cigarillos. She is described as black with a light complexion, 40 to 50 years of age, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8-inches tall, 160 to 190 pounds.

Anyone with information about her identity is asked to call the robbery unit at 817-392-4370.

DEANNA BOYD, 817-390-7655

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