Police are looking for a female suspect with an eye injury after a Red Deer fast-food outlet was held up with a long-barrelled firearm.
Early Monday at about 12:30 a.m., a masked female entered the Subway restaurant ay 7644-50th Ave. She pointed the firearm at the employee and demanded cash. After being handed an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect fled, turning left outside the restaurant’s front doors and running northbound across the street to the parking lot of the One Stop License Shop.
The Subway employee was not injured during the robbery.
RCMP officers later searched the area with police dogs for evidence.
Red Deer City RCMP are looking for a Caucasian woman, who is from 1.6 metres to 1.62 metres (five-foot to five-foot-four inches) in height. She was wearing a dark pink hoodie with yellow writing on both arms and a yellow design on the back.
She was also wearing a black balaclava, black plants, and white shoes. The female suspect is described as having an injury to, or possible blindness, in her left eye.
Anyone with information can call Red Deer City RCMP at 403-343-5575, or to remain anonymous, can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.