Police have circulated a photo of the man they say held up the convenience store in a Gwinnett County gas station. But store employees already knew who the man was.

“He was a regular customer,” manager Vilesh Asher said.

But early one morning, the man identified as 20-year-old Quaris Holland went into the store on Sugarloaf Parkway wearing a black hoodie, pulled a gun, told the clerk to empty the register and then walked out, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Seems the man also worked at a KFC across the street, Channel 2 reported.

“It’s been like six months he’s been coming every single day, so this was a shock,” Asher said.

So Gwinnett police quickly had a name and photo to go with surveillance video, but they are still concerned about what Holland might do.

“We don’t know what he did prior to this and we don’t know what he’s capable of doing after this, so it’s imperative that we get him brought into custody,” spokesman Cpl. Michele Pihera said.

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