DES MOINES, Iowa — Three separate Git N Go locations in the past seven days have been robbed in the morning, the most recent on Monday.

The store at 2140 E. Park Ave. it was robbed just before 7am Des Moines police have classified it as an armed robbery, with the suspect, a man, wielding a knife. No one was injured, but the suspect stole cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot afterward.

On Nov. 8, the Git N Go location at 4164 Easton Blvd. was robbed around 6 am This time there were two male suspects who assaulted the female clerk. Police say the clerk suffered a broken jaw during the robbery. The suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

And last Monday, November 4th, the location at 1240 Keo Way was robbed just after 10am No weapons were displayed in this robbery and the suspect again fled on foot.

An employee at the Keo Way location was not at the store during this robbery, but worked the after shift. WHO 13 News spoke with him a week after his store was robbed. He saw violence escalate in those on Nov. 8, which left an employee with a broken jaw, and today’s with the suspect armed with a knife; and it angers and worries him.

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“I’m always aware of my surroundings at all times, I’ll make sure I know who’s in the bathroom and who’s not,” said Sebastian Rogelio, a part-time employee at Git N Go. “You have to be prepared for whatever they think and conform to what they want, you know? Because at the end of the day it’s not worth it, it’s not worth your life. It’s sad what this generation has come to, you know, people don’t want to work, they just want to come and steal from other people who are actually working, you know? We have nothing to do with your problems but you want to come and start other problems here. Like I go to work every day, I’m not here to steal. If I could do it, they could.”

Rogelio pointed out that he likes working nights at the store, his awareness just heightened by the events of the past week.

WHO 13 News has reached out to Git N Go store headquarters in Des Moines with a request for comment about the robberies and any directives they communicate to employees. A company spokesman had no comment on the killings.

The Des Moines Police Department continues to investigate all three robberies, and at this time there are no known connections between the three. The department is using security video footage in the investigation.

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