RPD: Officer injured bringing suspect in knifepoint robbery into custody

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — A Rochester Police Officer is injured after taking a knifepoint robbery suspect into custody Tuesday night.

Police say the robbery was reported a little after 8 p.m., and when officers got to the scene on the 500 block of Portland Avenue, they interviewed a convenience store employee who was robbed at knifepoint.

Shortly after, police say they found one of the suspects, a 26-year-old Rochester man, and took him into custody after “a brief use of force”.

Police say an officer’s hand was injured during the struggle.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 911.