News release

Merritt RCMP Seeking Identity of Robbery Suspect

September 14, 2025 - Merritt, BC, British Columbia
From: Merritt RCMP

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On Saturday, September 13th 2025 at 5:58pm, the Dollar Tree located at 2102 Quilchena Avenue was robbed by an unknown male brandishing a knife on a broom handle.

The suspect was described as a slender male, wearing a camouflage baseball hat with a skull wearing a soldier's helmet, dark navy hoodie, green gloves, blue jeans, and carrying a black backpack on his back and blue bag in his hands. After robbing the store cashier at knife-point, the suspect fled out the store and it is believed to be that he ran in an easterly direction down Quilchena Avenue.

Merritt RCMP officers immediately surrounded the area in an attempt to locate the male, or any of his belongings, but were unsuccessful.

At this time, the Merritt RCMP are asking the public that if they recognize anything about the suspect photos or happen to see this male on any business or residential CCTV, to contact them as they try to piece together information in an effort to identify their suspect.

"The public are the eyes and ears of our community. If you were in the area of the Dollar Tree on Saturday evening around 6pm and happen to have dashcam, or structure CCTV footage we would really like to get that information from you. Additionally, if anyone happened to see this suspect, or recognizes anything about this suspect to give us a phone call" says Cst. Blake Chursinoff of the Merritt RCMP

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