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VicPD looking for two men believed to be involved in an armed robbery near the Gorge

One Victoria police officer was injured chasing reports of the robbery
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The Victoria Police Department is looking for information in regards to an armed robbery which took place in the 100-block of Gorge Road E. Saturday night.

Officers were called to the retail business just after 9 p.m. after receiving a report that two men had robbed the store. The caller said one of the men had a handgun. The suspects fled the store before police arrived.

No one was injured in the robbery, however, a VicPD officer and two other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle collision which happened when the officer was responding to a report related to the robbery. All three people were taken to hospital, assessed and released with the officer still off duty.

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The first suspect in the robbery is described as a Caucasian man, aged between 25 and 35 with a muscular build, standing over six feet tall. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and covered his face with a black bandana.

The second suspect is also a Caucasian man between 25 and 35 years old with a muscular build, but he was shorter than the first at approximately six feet. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with white writing on the front and covered his face with a black bandana.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call VicPD at their non-emergency line at 250-995-7654 or, to report anonymously, to call the Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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