Replica handgun used in convenience store robbery seized by police

Police have arrested a second teensuspect after customers thwarted a convenience store robbery on Friday.

On Thursday at about 2 p.m.,asuspect who was concealing their identity walked into a convenience store on Springfield Road near RothesayRoad.The suspected pointed a gunat an employee,jumped the counter and stole cash from the register before running away.

The next day, asuspect in disguisewalked into another convenience store on Edison Street, just blocks from the first robbery, but was stopped and held by customers until police arrived.A 15-year-old boy was charged with armed robbery, pointing a firearm and disguise with intent, among other offences.

• Convenience store customers hold robbery suspect until police arrive

On Saturday, officers arrested another 15-year-old boy at a home in the Rossmere neighbourhood. Police found a replica firearm designed to look like a semi-automatic handgun they say was used by the other teen in the first robbery.

The second teen was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and two counts of failing to comply with a sentence.

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