ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man armed with a machete robbed an Orlando Walgreens store and he's still on the run. In the store's surveillance video you can see the suspect point the machete at a clerk on South Orange Blossom Trail Friday morning.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO: Machete Wielding Man Robs Store IMAGES: Surveillance Images Of Attack
You could see the terror in her face when the man stormed into the Walgreens and came at her with the machete. The violent crime happened inside the Walgreens on Orange Blossom Trail near Oak Ridge Road (see map).
"I think it's pretty scary if somebody actually did that. Of course what you see on the news anymore is crazy," shopper Betty Hansen said.
The terrified clerk was too shaken to open the cash register. In the video you can see the man barking out orders. He told her to hurry up, and threatened to cut her with the large blade. A manager had to walk over to open the cash drawer.
Once he was out the door, investigators say he ran to the parking lot and jumped into a light green van from the late 80s or early 90s and took off.
The clerk was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center suffering high blood pressure from the stress. This was the third time she'd been robbed, but the first time anyone pulled a weapon on her.
"That's messed up, that's really messed up. That just shows how bad the economy been getting, how bad people's lives be getting," said shopper Eddie Matos.
Investigators say the man is six feet tall, and possibly of Haitian descent.
Because he didn't even bother disguise himself they're hoping someone will recognize him from the video. And help catch him before he hits again.
"I hope they find him, that's all I can say, it's scary," Hansen said.
Walgreens employees say they don't remember seeing the man before, but investigators believe he likely lives somewhere in the neighborhood.