TEMPLE, Texas (FOX 44) – Bush’s Chicken is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the man who robbed a restaurant in Temple.

Officers were dispatched around 6 a.m. Monday to the Bush’s Chicken located at 4609 S. 31st Street. When officers arrived, they spoke to two employees – who said a man pointed a handgun at them, threatened them, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as 6’0″ tall”, weighs 250 pounds, and was wearing a black jacket with a brown hood, blue jeans and white sneakers.

The owner of the restaurant says the man pistol whipped one of the employees during the robbery. In a statement released to FOX 44 News, the owner said, “Based on video evidence, it appears the thief specifically targeted this store. He seemed very knowledgeable about the layout.”

This case is under investigation. If you have any information of this aggravated robbery, you can contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500, or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477.