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A fifth employee was in another office and called police. The suspects fled empty-handed.

Officers quickly spotted a suspect running into a ravine north of Colonnade Road and called for backup. One suspect was arrested without incident while two others were still at large.

Jimmy St-Hilaire, 19, was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday on charges including five counts each of robbery, pointing a firearm and forcible confinement plus wearing a disguise and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. He also faces charges that he carried a concealed weapon and had a loaded gun to commit a crime while banned from having firearms.

The two suspects at large are described as black men. Police also want to talk to a “person of interest” who was inside the business when the suspects arrived.

On Wednesday afternoon, police investigators were back at Concourse Gate, searching for a gun used in the robbery.

A message posted on the door of Canadian Bitcoins advised customers that the office would be temporarily closed to walk-in customers until Jan. 28 at noon, although online orders were being processed as usual.

Businesses next to Bitcoin were not open, but a worker at a company a few doors down said he saw police cruisers screech into the commercial building’s parking lot and get out with their guns drawn Tuesday morning.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw anything suspicious approach them or call the robbery unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116.

Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by downloading the Ottawa police app.

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CORRECTION: The photo cutline previously accompanying this story misidentified a person of interest in the case as suspect Jimmy St. Hilaire. The cutline has since been corrected.