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More details about getaway car used in Cedar Rapids hotel robbery
UPDATE: Police have released more details about the getaway car a man used after he robbed a Cedar Rapids hotel clerk Thursday morning.
The lone male suspect displayed a handgun when he robbed the clerk at Economy Inn and Suites, 3245 Southgate Pl. SW, around 8:15 a.m., police said. No one was injured.
Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said the robber took an undisclosed amount of cash and a laptop computer. He drove off to the east in a blue, 4-door car with no license plates on it. It also had a broken tail light and gray primer on the front bumper, Hamblin said.
The suspect is described as a black male, about 25 years old, 6 feet tall wearing all black, including a black jacket with a hood.
Police respond to the Economy Inn and Suites, 3245 Southgate Pl. SW, after the hotel was robbed at gunpoint this morning. (Jeff Raasch/The Gazette)
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