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Armed robbery suspect sought in Terrace, B.C.

Police say a man pointed what appeared to be an air soft rifle at store employees

A suspect is being sought after an armed robbery at the 7-11 convenience store on Kalum St./Keith Ave.early this morning.

Shortly before 1 a.m. this morning, Terrace RCMP responded to a robbery at the Terrace 7-11.

A Caucasian man wearing a scarf, green plaid jacket with a hood, and a black baseball hat entered the store and pointed what appeared to be an air soft rifle at employees and then stole cash and a large amount of lottery tickets, reported police this morning, Feb. 2.

The man was tracked from the 7-11 store into the railyard and then eastbound towards the Sande Overpass where the track was lost.

"From reviewing video footage and witness descriptions, we suspect the gun was an air soft. But weapons come in every shape and color nowadays, so all weapons have to be treated as real. Store employees and police recognize this.

"An armed robbery, or a robbery using an imitation firearm such as an air soft or replica ... the charge is the same, it is an armed robbery," says Const. Angela Rabut, Community Policing/Media Relations Terrace RCMP.

The Terrace Police Dog Service and the Terrace Forensic Identification Section assisted with the investigation.

If you have information about this crime, contact the Terrace RCMP at 250-638-7400 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers by telephone at 1-800-222-TIPS, online at www.terracecrimestoppers.ca or by texting keyword TERRACE followed by your message to 274637 (CRIMES).