

Chris Herhalt, CP24.com





Toronto Police have released images of a suspect after a convenience store was robbed in Scarborough’s L’Amoureaux neighbourhood back in August.

Investigators say that on Aug. 26 at about noon, a man walked into a convenience store in the area of a Sheppard Avenue East and Birchmount Road.

The man went to the shopkeeper and asked to buy some lottery tickets.

When it came time to pay for the tickets, the man told the shopkeeper he would return with money to pay for them.

When he came back to the store a few minutes later, investigators allege he approached the counter and then pulled up his shirt to reveal a black handgun tucked into the waistband of his pants.

He allegedly demanded cash from the store employee and then fled the scene with an unknown amount of cash.

Police were able to retrieve video and images of a suspect from a surveillance camera inside the store.

He is described as a black male between the age of 20 and 30, with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a button-down blue and white dress shirt, blue jeans and black sunglasses with reflective lenses.

Anyone with information on this suspect’s identity is asked to call police at 416-808-7350, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).