Six people inside a local business on Highway 158 on the outskirts of Roanoke Rapids were robbed at gunpoint last Friday.

Detective Obert Wiltsie of the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said the heist occurred shortly before 3:15 p.m. when five people described as masked and slim black males came into the business, which the sheriff's office declined to name.

Money, cell phones and jewelry was taken. The men left on a black car headed toward Littleton.

Wiltsie said one of the men was short and slim and wore a gray hooded jacket or sweatshirt. Two of the other four who came in the business stood around 6-feet tall and another stood around 5-feet, 7-inches tall. It is possible the short man had dreadlocks.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff's office at at 252-583-8201 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.