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Three gas stations on Tonnelle Avenue in Jersey City were robbed on April 26, 2017. (Google Maps)

A man armed with a silver handgun went on a gas station robbery spree early this morning, Jersey City police said.

According to Jersey City police reports, the man attempted to rob three stations on Tonnelle Avenue between 3:05 and 3:30 a.m. He got nothing in one of the tries and a total of $350 in the other two, police reports said.

The man, described as 6 feet to 6-2 with a slight build, was wearing a black ski mask and driving a Mercedes SUV, police said. In each incident, the man showed the victims a handgun wrapped in a plastic bag.

The first incident occurred at the Conoco station on the northbound side near the North Bergen border. The robber jumped out of the SUV, flashed the gun and pushed the gas station attendant before demanding all of his cash, the police report said.

When the attendant told him he had no cash, the assailant jumped back into the vehicle and fled to his next target, police said.

A few minutes later, the man robbed two stations on the southbound side of the road approaching the Tonnelle Circle. He got away with $250 at one station and $100 at the other, police said.