The Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting public assistance in identifying a suspect connected to a recent armed robbery of a convenience store on the city’s north side.
TBPS officers with the Uniform Patrol Branch were dispatched to the Circle K convenience store at 475 Hodder Avenue after 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10 following reports of a robbery that had just occurred.
Police learned a female suspect entered the store with a knife, approached the clerk and made demands for cash. She then fled on foot before police arrived.
The suspect was described as a female wearing a mid-length white robe-type top with a belt, an orange and brown scarf, a Halloween mask, black leggings and black-on-white runners.
Members of the TBPS’s Break and Enter and Robbery (BEAR) Unit are now investigating.
As a result of their ongoing investigation, police obtained surveillance footage showing the suspect at the time of the robbery. Portions of this footage are now being distributed to the public.
If you have any information about this incident, or can identify the suspect, please call police at 684-1200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
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