Police search for suspect after Wainfleet convenience store robbed

Niagara police are searching for one suspect after a convenience store in Wainfleet was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning.

Police say the incident happened around 3 a.m. at a 24-hour convenience store on Regional Road 24 near Regional Road 27.

The employee told police that a lone male suspect showed a handgun while entering the store and demanded cash and cigarettes.

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The suspect fired a single shot into the ceiling of the store during the confrontation but the employee was not physically injured.

Police say the suspect left and got into a grey coloured SUV with a hood scoop and sunroof, which was last seen traveling northbound on Regional Road 24.

The suspect is described as a white man, 30 t0 40 years of age, approximately five-foot-ten with a heavy build. He was last seen wearing a black jacket or hoodie and blue jeans.

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Residences and businesses in the area with security cameras are encouraged to check their footage for any suspicious activity.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police at 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 1008393.