National Park Service rangers and special agents are investigating an armed robbery that took place April 25 on the Foothills Parkway-East near Cosby.

A man and woman, both from Newport, reported that at approximately 4:25 p.m., while they were sitting in their vehicle at an overlook, they were confronted by two subjects dressed in dark clothing and wearing ski masks.

One of the subjects assaulted the male victim by spraying him with pepper spray and hitting him on the head with a silver colored handgun.

The two suspects then took the victim’s 2004 maroon Nissan sedan and drove east on the parkway toward I-40.

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