Winnipeg teen restrained by customers during convenience store robbery: WPS
Posted May 18, 2024 3:14 pm.
A 17-year-old Winnipeg boy was allegedly attempting to rob a Saint Boniface 7-Eleven when two men inside the convenience store restrained him until police arrived.
That’s what the Winnipeg Police Service says happened Friday around 2:30 a.m. on St. Mary’s Road and Niverville Avenue.
Police say the suspect, with his face covered, entered the store with a bear spray canister and demanded money from the 22-year-old employee at the counter. There were two customers inside the store at the time: a 29-year-old man and a 38-year-old man.
“The suspect discharged the canister directly at the 38-year-old patron, who intervened, resulting in a physical struggle,” WPS said in a news release. “The suspect continued discharging the bear spray as a second patron intervened. Both patrons restrained the suspect until police arrived.”
The victims were suffering from the bear spray’s effects, according to police.
A 17-year-old teenager has been charged with robbery, assault with a weapon and failure to comply with a sentence, among other offences. He was detained in custody.
