Bloomington Police recovered a TEC-9 handgun they believe was used in an armed robbery on Monday. (Photos courtesy Facebook/Bloomington Police)

By Eric Stock 

BLOOMINGTON – Police are seeking armed robbery charges against two men accused in an armed robbery on Monday night. 

Police say Michael Dopson, 24, of Rockford and Larry Bridges, 26, of Bloomington took an undisclosed amount of money and several cartons of cigarettes from Cigarette Express at 502 N. North Prospect Rd. at about 9 p.m. 

"While officers were on scene doing their investigation, the Bloomington Police Department received a call stating three black males were selling cigarettes at a nearby apartment complex,"  Police spokeswoman Sara Mayer said. She said two of the men were found inside the apartment. 

Mayer said one of the men showed a handgun in the robbery and that a TEC-9 gun was later recovered in a dumpster near the scene. Mayer said the gun was reported stolen from a residential robbery in Bloomington last year.  

A third person was initially taken into custody but they were not arrested. 

Police said no shots were fired and no one was injured. 

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