RCMP looking for suspect after stick up at Keremeos gas station

The RCMP is asking the public to help identify the person responsible for robbing a Keremeos gas station at gunpoint.

It happened over two months ago, on April 16, according to an RCMP press release.

It was 8:45 p.m. when local officers responded to a robbery with a firearm at a gas station in the 3000 block of Highway 3.

A lone male entered the store, presented a handgun and then stole cash and lotto tickets. Nobody was injured.

Then he fled in an older, dark Ford Escape, which has an object on the roof covered over by a green tarp.

Anybody who might be able to help police identify the suspect of the vehicle is asked to call the Keremeos RCMP at 250-499-5511.

The suspect’s getaway vehicle is believed to be an older Ford Escape. | Credit: SUBMITTED

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