The owner of the restaurant, as well as the owner of several other Galveston restaurants, are both offering $1,000 each for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect.

GALVESTON, Texas — Up to $2,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who robbed a restaurant and bar on Galveston’s Seawall Wednesday morning with a gun.

This happened at about 1:05 a.m. at The Spot in the 3200 block of Seawall Blvd.

Several victims and witnesses told Galveston police that the armed man walked inside the bar and immediately demanded cash. He allegedly pistol-whipped a victim with a small black revolver and then fired shots inside the restaurant. Thankfully, no one was shot.

After the suspect got the cash, he ran away in an unknown direction.

Pictures from the restaurants’ s surveillance video show the suspect wearing camouflage pants, a black shirt and a gray hoodie sweatshirt. He was also carrying a blue and gray backpack.

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He is described as a black male that is about 6 feet tall with a heavy build.

Detectives are asking anyone with any information about the robbery to contact GPD at 409-765-3778 or Crime Stoppers at 409-763-8477.