Police are looking for a man who stabbed a convenience store owner multiple times during a violent robbery Tuesday at Krauszer’s convenience store in Linden.

The robbery occurred about 3:15 p.m. at the store in the 1100 block of South Wood Avenue, according to police Lt. Christopher Guenther. The owner was taken to University Hospital in Newark where he remained late Wednesday with serious injuries.

Police said the man entered the store asking to buy lottery tickets, but instead wandered around and bought nothing. When the owner asked him to leave, he went around the counter, demanded cash and then stabbed the owner in the back, neck and chest.

The store owner told abc7ny.com from his hospital bed on Wednesday that he ran outside after being stabbed and yelled for help.

The robber was last seen in the area of West 12th Street and Winans Avenue, police said. Guenther said the robber has dark hair, is about 5-feet, 10-inches tall and wore khaki or brown pants.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Linden police Detective Matt Jones at 908-474-8556.