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Albany police are asking for your help in identifying three men that held up an Albany convenience store Tuesday night.

Sunny Patel, manager at the Food Mart on East Oglethorpe says three black males entered his store, walked around inside, hopped over the front counter, and held a gun to his head.  The three robbers then took an undisclosed amount of cash, lottery tickets, and cigarettes.

Patel’s wife was struck with a gun on the head.  Police are urging business owners to beef up their security systems in light of so many recent armed robberies.