Police looking for robbery suspect
Posted Jun 18, 2014 09:58:12 AM.
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OTTAWA – Police are looking for a man in connection to a retail robbery earlier this month.
Police say a man entered a store on Third Avenue around 8 p.m. on June 2 with a shirt over his head, pulled out a handgun and demanded money.
The man then attempted to place the store owner in a choke hold with the gun pressed into his back; the store owner, who did not believe the gun to be real, fought back with a broom handle.
Security video:
He is described as:
-male
-black
-20-25 years of age
slim build
-afro hairstyle
Wearing:
-red t-shirt
-black shorts
-white basketball shoes
The suspect fled the store to a waiting black Pontiac G5, determined to have been stolen from a parking garage at a Cedarwood Avenue apartment building sometime between June 1 and June 2, 2014.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5116 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.
