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London police have issued a rare public warning about an armed robber on the loose, possibly in the Westmount area, who preys on people in parking lots and tries to steal their cars.

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The public notice comes after the Thursday robbery of a young couple in a public park’s parking lot near the intersection of Viscount and Wonderland roads. The police had released sparse details about the incident Friday, and only indicated at that time that a man suffered a gunshot wound during a robbery, but little else.

More about the incident was made public Saturday, with police urging Londoners to be on the lookout for a possibly armed man.

Police said multiple shots were fired Thursday when a man approached a young couple in their parked car at the park. He tried to rob them of the vehicle.

The man in the vehicle was shot twice. The woman was assaulted with an unnamed weapon.

The injuries for both are non-life threatening, police say.