Violent armed robbery in Oakridge Centre
Posted Sep 30, 2010 10:25:33 PM.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – One person has been arrested after a violent armed robbery at Oakridge Centre on Thursday night. Nobody was hit but several shots were fired around 8:30pm as thieves held up Montecristo Jewellers.
Winnie was in the mall when the robbery happened. “I saw a man with a black mask holding a gun, along with another man also holding a gun. Then there was pepper spray. There were about two to three gunshots that sounded.”
She says at one point the two armed men were trying to bust their way inside the store. “They weren’t able to access; they were banging on the window and the door trying to get in.”
News1130 spoke with the only customer that was in the actual store when it happened. “I became aware of the front door opening – I glanced over and saw another customer coming in. Within seconds of him being inside that door, I said to the sales clerk ‘Something’s not right.'”
She turned back to the counter when she heard the man yell, “Lie down on the ground.”
The woman tells us, “I was afraid to move because I didn’t where this guy was, and I didn’t know who might be looking at me. I was the only person in the store, and I was afraid if they thought I’d seen them or if they saw me move, they might just shoot me.”
Vancouver Police say a security guard and store employee were hurt, but not seriously.
Matt was in the mall and says the security guard was bleeding on the ground. “They beat the crap out of the security guard, he was pretty messed up.”
Police aren’t giving any details on other suspects or what may have been taken. Montecristo Jewellers has been the target of a number of robberies.
