A man with a gun pepper-sprayed restaurant workers during a robbery Thursday night in Lancaster County, police say.The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. at the Oriental Chinese Restaurant in the Stonemill Plaza along Columbia Avenue in Lancaster Township.Employees said the man was wearing a mask when he went up to the counter, pointed the gun at them and demanded cash."We were scared. Everybody was kind of like scared, so they don't know what to do," said owner Liming He.The man then used pepper spray, which affected four employees.Binxing Lin said she took off, heading through the kitchen and out the back door."He run to the kitchen because I run. So he wanted to catch me, so I run. I just closed the door," she said.Police said the man left without taking any money.

A man with a gun pepper-sprayed restaurant workers during a robbery Thursday night in Lancaster County, police say.

The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. at the Oriental Chinese Restaurant in the Stonemill Plaza along Columbia Avenue in Lancaster Township.


Employees said the man was wearing a mask when he went up to the counter, pointed the gun at them and demanded cash.

"We were scared. Everybody was kind of like scared, so they don't know what to do," said owner Liming He.

The man then used pepper spray, which affected four employees.

Binxing Lin said she took off, heading through the kitchen and out the back door.

"He run to the kitchen because I run. So he wanted to catch me, so I run. I just closed the door," she said.

Police said the man left without taking any money.