Columbus police are looking for suspects who robbed a gas station in the Walesboro area and a Seymour hotel last night before escaping from police in Greenwood after a high-speed chase up the interstate.

Three masked men with a handgun entered the Ricker’s convenience store on State Road 58/County Road 450S at about 3 a.m. and demanded money from the cashier. After grabbing cash, they then left the scene in a white Hummer S2, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department.

The vehicle has been reported stolen earlier in an Indianapolis carjacking.

Officers picked up the vehicle on the State Road 46 and the driver fled back onto the interstate and drove north at speeds of more than 100 mph, Harris says.  After hitting tire deflation devices put in the road by police, the vehicle left the interstate at Greenwood and crashed into a building on Madison Avenue at Stop 12 road.

All three men then ran away. Police from around the area began searching the area for the three suspects.

They are described as:

• A white man who was about six feet tall and wore a black hooded sweatshirt or jacket with a black face mask
• A man who was 5-7 to 5-9 who wore a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, with khaki pants, white tennis shoes and a red knit hat and who may have had blonde hair.
• And a man who was 5-5 to 5-7 and was seen wearing all black clothing with a black face mask. There was a design on his dark pants and knit hat with red and white stripes.

If you have any information, you should contact the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600. All suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.

Tips and information can be left anonymously.