The East Ridge Police Department is investigating an armed robbery of title loan store that happened mid-morning on Tuesday.

According to a police report, officers were called to the Title Max at 4317  Ringgold Road at 10:18 a.m. When a responding officer arrived, other law enforcement personnel were already looking for the suspect’s vehicle, a black Volvo SUV.

The report states that the responding officer spoke with the store manager and a customer who were inside during the robbery. The manager told police that she was assisting the customer with a title loan when a man entered the front door brandishing a black rifle demanding money. The manager gave the robber money from the deposit that was in the office along with cash from the store’s register. The amount of cash taken is unknown.

According to the report, the manager said after the suspect got the cash he left the business through the front door and apologized as he departed. The suspect got into the black Volvo and took off toward Chattanooga on Ringgold Road.

Investigators are reviewing the surveillance video supplied to them by the store’s upper management.

The suspect is described as a black male, wearing a black hoodie, jeans and had on a bright orange “boonie style” hat that is often worn by hunters. The report states that the suspect, who was wearing gloves, had his lower faced covered with what the manager described as “gauze wrap.”