A man armed with a knife fled with about $500 after robbing an ice cream store in Pasadena early Monday morning.

No one was injured during the robbery at Afters Ice Cream in the 1200 block of East Green Street, Lt. Pete Hettema said.

At around 12:40 a.m., as the store was closing for the day, a man showed up and threatened four employees with a 4-inch butterfly knife, the lieutenant said.

“He demanded money and their cellphones,” Hettema said.

The robber fled with the cash and the phones and was last seen heading north of Chester Avenue. Officers found the cellphones outside the ice cream store.

Hettema described the suspect as a white man in his mid 20s, six feet two inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds. He had a tan scarf over his head and wore a black beanie and a black jacket.