Calgary Firefighters Foil Armed Robbery

At approximately 1:50 p.m. today, firefighters from station #7 were returning from an incident when they observed an altercation occurring outside of a retail store front in the area of Centre Street and 1600 block NW.

The firefighters immediately called police. Prior to police arrival, the firefighters interrupted an apparent robbery in progress and subdued one of two suspects. They detained a suspect who had been armed with a knife and crowbar. Shortly thereafter, police arrived and placed the suspect into custody.

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