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Police say they believe a stolen shotgun that was later used in an armed robbery was being unsafely stored.

The shotgun was stolen from inside a vehicle on Bayhill Crescent in late September, and was used a couple of days later in robbing a 7-11 on Willowdale Crescent near 26th Street.

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Police reported at the time that the shotgun was said to have been trigger locked, inside a locked case, and inside a locked car.

However, they now say that their investigation points to none of that being quite accurate. They say it looks like the shotgun had no trigger lock, and was simply left inside an unlocked cased inside an unlocked car.

The owner of the shotgun, a 37-year-old Shilo man, was arrested on Wednesday. He's to appear in court on Dec. 19, on a charge of unsafe storage of a firearm.

Police have previously arrested a total of five teenagers in relation to the 7-11 robbery, which also involved a stolen pickup truck used as the getaway vehicle, but have not said if they have ever recovered the stolen firearm.