By Marc Ethier
Editor

“Friday the 13th” it was not, but a lone gunman wearing a mask popularized by the horror film series was deadly serious Wednesday when he entered a Southampton Shopping Center store.

The gunman entered GameStop, 821 Southampton Road, at 9:54 p.m. wearing a white hockey mask, according to a Benicia police report. He brandished but did not point a black, semi-automatic-type handgun and demanded cash, then escaped with an undisclosed amount, police said.

The clerk was not injured, police said, nor was a second employee who was in a back storeroom at the time.

“It appears the incident happened very quickly, probably less than a minute,” Benicia police Sgt. Mike Greene said.

Described as a white male wearing dark clothing, standing about 5 feet, 10 inches and having a medium build, the gunman is believed to have left the scene in a dark-colored, four-door vehicle that was seen adjacent to the GameStop before the robbery, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Benicia Police Department at 707-745-3412.

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