FULLERTON – Authorities seek a man who tried to rob a fast-food drive-through at gunpoint while wearing a plastic bag over his head but gave up when an employee shut a window and walked away, police said.

Officers responded to the attempted robbery at a Wendy’s in the 2800 block of East Imperial Highway just after 8:45 p.m. Monday, Fullerton police Lt. Tom Basham said.

A man with a brown plastic bag over his head pulled up to the drive-through window in a “small” vehicle, pointed a black handgun at an employee and demanded money, Basham said.

The employee responded by shutting the drive-through window and walking off, Basham said, and the would-be robber drove away in an unknown direction.

Employees were unable to provide a detailed description of the man or the vehicle.

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