Police have made an arrest in a violent gas station robbery in Roosevelt.

51-year-old Sunoco gas station attendant Mahmut Konuk was knocked unconscious Thursday night by a pair of vice grips, according to police.

Police say after the attack, the suspect stole money from Konuk's pockets and took off on a bicycle.

Police say they have found their suspect, Vernon Lowe, 53. He has been charged with robbery, assault, criminal mischief, criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest.

A short time after the attack, police say they found Lowe's bike on a front lawn on Pennywood Avenue. They then spotted Lowe coming out of a house, and he tried to make a run for it. After a brief struggle with police, Lowe was arrested.

James Oksum was working in the gas station's mini-mart when he was alerted by a customer of the violent assault.

"He almost killed Mamut, I mean when I found out, this guy was on the floor passed out. I thought they shot him or something," says Oksum. "I mean it's not worth it for a couple hundred dollars trying to hurt people like that."

Oksum says Konuk was released from the hospital Friday after getting 30 stitches in his head.