Police investigate convenience store robbery
Posted Nov 13, 2021 02:37:41 PM.
Halifax Regional Police is investigating a robbery that occurred at a convenience store early Saturday morning.
Around 4:40 a.m. on Nov. 13, police responded to the incident at the Needs Convenience at 33 Herring Cove Rd.
A man had entered the store with a handgun and demanded that the store employee give him cigarettes.
“The clerk was not injured,” an HRP news release says. “The suspect left the area in a vehicle and was last seen in the 200-300 block of Herring Cove Road, Halifax.”
The suspect is described as a white man between the ages of 40 and 45. He was also between 5'8″ and 5'10″ tall.
At the time of the incident, he was wearing grey pants along with a grey, white and black sweater. He was also wearing a medical mask.
HRP says the investigation is still in the early stages.
It asks that anyone with information about the incident or video from the area calls 902-490-5020.
Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or using the P3 Tips App.