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Hillsboro Police arrest suspect in Target pharmacy robbery

Police officers evacuated the store as a safety precaution while they searched for the suspect.
Credit: Hillsboro Police
Hillsboro Police vehicles parked outside Target in the Tanasbourne neighborhood.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Police are investigating a robbery that happened Thursday morning at a Target on Northwest Evergreen Parkway in Hillsboro's Tanasbourne neighborhood. A man walked up to the pharmacy inside the store at 10:49 a.m. and claimed he had a gun. Police said no gun was seen or used.

Police officers evacuated the store as a safety precaution while they searched for the suspect. 

On Friday, police said they arrested the suspect, Eric Horwitz. Police said Horwitz also robbed a pharmacy inside a Fred Meyer on Southeast TV Highway.

Credit: Washington County Jail

Horwitz is charged with two counts of robbery in the second degree and one count of attempted robbery in the second degree. He's lodged at the Washington County Jail.

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