An armed robber was still on the loose after holding up an Apple store in Scottsdale Friday evening, police said.

The incident happened at about 7:45 p.m. when a man was approached by a member of the Scottsdale Quarter store's loss-prevention team on suspicion of shoplifting and produced a handgun, Scottsdale police said.

The man and a woman he was with fled on a motorcycle, police said.

A Phoenix police helicopter spotted the motorcycle and followed it to an area near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, where the duo abandoned it and fled, police said.

Phoenix and Glendale police assisted in searching for the pair, who hadn't been caught as of Friday evening.

No injuries were reported.

An investigation is ongoing.

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