TULSA, Okla. — Update: Tulsa Police have discovered Eric Enslow to be an escaped inmate out of the Iowa Department of Corrections.

Police said officers responded to an armed robbery at a gas station near Admiral and Memorial around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The store reported a man pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded cash along with a pack of cigarettes before running away.

“Caller says suspect walks up to the counter, pointed a gun at the employee, demanded the money and some cigarettes, Newport cigarettes,” said Tulsa Police Officer Danny Bean.

Officers located the suspect, identified as Eric Enslow, who was running across Memorial at I-244, police said.

Police said they did not find him far from the QuikTrip they say he robbed.

“Running across Memorial there on the bridge with a sack in his hand,” Bean said.

Tulsa Police said Enslow dropped the pistol and kept running when he saw the officers.

Enslow was arrested for armed robbery, possession of a firearm AFCF (after former conviction of a felony), obstructing justice, and fugitive from justice.

Officers also returned the cash and cigarettes to the store, police said.

A records check showed that Enslow is an escaped inmate out of the Iowa Department of Corrections, police said.

Marshalltown Police Department in Iowa posted the following statement on Facebook on Feb. 26:

“Eric Sterling Enslow, age 35, is wanted for voluntary absence from custody after he walked away from the Marshalltown Residential Facility last week. Mr. Enslow is a registered sex offender. We are seeking public assistance in locating him.”

The Tulsa Police Dept. arrested Eric Enslow after responding to an armed robbery at the Quik Trip on East Admiral Place on Saturday.

A caller told police the suspect pointed a pistol at the clerk and demanded the money in the register and a pack of cigarettes. The suspect then fled on foot running north, police say.

Police say officers patrolling the area saw Enslow running across the Memorial overpass at I-244 with a pistol in his hand but dropped the weapon once officers approached.

Enslow was taken into custody on armed robbery and firearm charges.

Officers found a Quik Trip bag with cash and cigarettes in Enslow’s pockets, which were returned to the store.

Police say they discovered Enslow was wanted in Iowa for escape from the state’s Department of Corrections.