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Man uses airsoft gun to rob Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant, police say

Man uses airsoft gun to rob Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant, police say Man uses airsoft gun to rob Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant, police say

PITTSBURGH — A man used an airsoft gun to rob a restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh, police said.

Pittsburgh police said a man walked into the Subway off of Smithfield Street just after 7 p.m. and brandished an airsoft gun, which he used to threaten employees as he robbed the store.

The suspect fled the scene on foot and was later apprehended on a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus.

Charges are pending, police said.

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