Durham Police investigators are trying to identify two suspects who robbed a Pickering convenience store at gunpoint on Sunday night.
On December 22 at 8:30 pm, police responded to an armed robbery at the Smart Food Fair Convenience store on the Pickering Parkway near Denmar Road in Pickering. Two masked males entered the store and one was brandishing a handgun. They both jumped over the counter and grabbed a quantity of cigarettes and change before fleeing in an easterly direction, said a police media release.
The employee was not physically injured. A K-9 team attended the area and officers searched for the suspects, but no arrests were made, it added.
Suspect #1 is described as a male, black, about 20-25 years old, 5’10” tall with a heavy build, wearing a black sweatshirt with a hood, white shoes and black track pants.
Suspect #2 is described as a male, black, about 20 years old, about 5’10” tall with a skinny building, wearing a black sweatshirt with a hood and black track pants. Both males were described as having Jamaican accents.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact D/Cst. Stewart of the Major Crime Robbery Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5360.