A clerk was beaten and chased from a 7-11 convenience store over several cigarette packs late last month, authorities said.

After walking into the 4600 block Kenmore Ave. store about 1:13 a.m., the suspect punched the clerk and drove him out of the building, police said. Described as a black man wearing a black hooded jacket at the time, the suspect then returned to steal the cigarettes.

There were no other witnesses or surveillance tape footage, police said.