Saskatoon police are searching for three suspects following a daylight robbery on Saturday morning, say officials.
A 23-year-old man told officers he was robbed, shot with an airsoft pistol and threatened with a machete in the parking lot of the Saskatoon Inn and Conference Centre on Saturday morning, according to police.
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The victim told officers he was meeting two men and a woman, whom he knows, when they demanded his phone, cash and a duffel bag of clothes.
According to a police statement, the trio arrived in a white Dodge Dakota truck just before 10 a.m.
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Police allege the driver shot the victim in the stomach with the airsoft pistol and the other male suspect exited the vehicle and threatened him with a machete.
According to police, the suspects left before they arrived and the victim refused medical attention.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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