Surveillance footage shows chilling armed robbery at popular DC BBQ spot

DCity Smokehouse employee recalls violent armed robbery

Chris Pennachio, a DCity Smokehouse employee, recalls the violent armed robbery that took place this week at the restaurant. FOX 5's Shomari Stone has the exclusive story.

WASHINGTON - Parts of a chilling armed robbery that happened at a popular BBQ restaurant in D.C. Wednesday was caught on surveillance video.

D.C. police are releasing that footage in hopes the public will help them catch the man who committed the crime.

Surveillance footage shows chilling armed robbery at popular DC BBQ spot.

The visual shows the suspect walking into the DCity Smokehouse on Good Hope Road in Southeast, and pulling out a gun.

The masked man can be seen grabbing an employee near the front door, pointing a gun at his head, and walking him to the back of the restaurant where police say the cash register was located. It all happened around 7 p.m.

D.C. police told FOX 5 that the suspect demanded the money, and when the employee took his time to get it, the suspect became frustrated and began to grab the cash himself.

The employee, police said, did not put up a fight, and the thief left out with cash.