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Clerk injured in Aurora armed robbery

Aurora police are investigating an early Tuesday heist in which a gas station clerk was injured.

Police said two black men wearing gray ski masks, black jackets and blue jeans entered a gas station about 2:30 a.m. on the 1700 block of N. Farnsworth St. and struck the 60-year-old male clerk in the head with a handgun.

The men then stole cash, cigarettes and other items totaling about $600 and ran south.

The clerk was treated for a cut on his head but declined any further medical attention.

Anyone with information is asked to call Aurora police at (630) 256-5600 or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at (630) 892-1000,

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