MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Blaine police say one person is in custody after an armed robbery of a gas station Tuesday morning.

According to police, officers were dispatched shortly before 6:30 a.m. to a Super USA Gas Station, located at 12080 Central Ave. NE, after receiving a report of an armed robbery.

Police say an employee reported that a gun was used in the robbery and the suspect then fled in a westbound direction from the store.

After arriving, officers began to investigate the robbery and K-9s were called from Coon Rapids police and the Anoka County Sheriff's Office.

Police say a male suspect was taken into custody.

The investigation is ongoing.