A manhunt Wednesday

afternoon failed to turn up the suspect who robbed the Fayetteville Shell

gas station at gunpoint.

The incident

was reported around 2:15 p.m. and officers established a perimeter around

the area to try and locate the suspect, said Fayetteville Police Lt. Beverly

Trainor. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department also responded with its

helicopter to aid in the search and its K-9 tracking team.

The suspect

was described as a black male wearing a white T-shirt and black pants,

Trainor said. He entered the store and "pulled a handgun and demanded

money," Trainor said.

The suspect

got away on foot with an undetermined amount of money, Trainor said. No

one was injured during the incident, she added.

The Police

Department's crime scene unit processed the store looking for any trace

evidence that might help solve the crime, Trainor said.

Several schools

in the area were locked down as police officers were on hand to make sure

bus loading went smoothly, Trainor said. The schools remained on lockdown

until police could determine the suspect had left the area.

This is Fayetteville's

second armed robbery this week; a heist was reported Sunday night at the

Kroger grocery store at Banks Crossing. In that robbery, a masked suspect

produced a gun after entering the store and got away with an undetermined

amount of money, police said.

A second suspect

stayed outside to drive the getaway car, and they switched vehicles, leaving

the original getaway car abandoned behind the former Kmart store nearby,

police said.