S. Tahoe gas station attendant shot to death

Updated 1:50pm

A 27-year-old clerk working at a gas station in South Lake Tahoe was shot to death Tuesday night.

Video of the suspect shows that he walked into the USA gas station on the corner of Highway 50 and Lodi Avenue at 10:40pm Aug. 6. Ten minutes later a patron walked in, saw the clerk on the floor in a pile of blood and called 911. The clerk, whose name is not being released pending notification of family, was pronounced dead at the scene.

This man is wanted in the Aug. 6 shooting of a South Lake Tahoe gas station attendant. Photo/Provided

The assailant as of Wednesday afternoon was still at-large. He is a male between the ages of 20 and 40, between 5-feet-8 and 5-feet-10, wearing a dark hoodie and dark mask over his face, his skin tone is light but exact race unknown.

“During a very brief encounter with the clerk, the suspect raised a handgun and shot the clerk. The clerk fell to the floor immediately as the suspect fled from the store,” police said in a statement.

Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News at this point they are not calling the incident a robbery. But they also are not saying if the suspect and victim knew each other.

Reports are that only one shot was fired, but the type of gun involved has not been released.

Anyone with information regarding this homicide should call the police department at (530) 542.6100 or Secret Witness at (530) 541.6800.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report