Police have released surveillance footage of a masked man who robbed a pharmacy in Placentia Wednesday night.

The suspect, who was first described by police as wearing a ninja mask and brandishing a sword, was still at large Thursday afternoon. After reviewing the surveillance video, officers later said the blade was actually a machete, not a sword, and the mask the suspect wore was a ski mask.

Officers were called to a robbery at a Walgreens Pharmacy at 1201 E. Yorba Linda Blvd. at 7:45 p.m., said Lt. Eric Point of the Placentia Police Department.

“He just pointed a sword at the clerk and demanded cash,” Point said of the masked criminal.

After the theft, the suspect ran off eastbound with about $200.

When officers arrived and searched the area, they found that he had disappeared and reportedly removed his mask.

He was described as an approximately 29-year-old white man with curly brown hair who is clean-shaven. He is about 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. At the time of the crime, he was wearing a leather jacket, shirt, jeans and gloves, all of which were black.

No injuries were reported.

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