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Arrest warrant issued after department store slashing

Police are looking for a 25-year-old woman after a security guard was assaulted at a Saskatoon store. Saskatoon Police Service / Supplied

SASKATOON – Saskatoon police have issued an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Kaitlin Shawna Faye McGillivary after a department store theft on May 4.

Earlier this year, investigators found out that McGillivary had been acting suspiciously inside a store in the 200-block of Betts Avenue.

When workers approached her outside, a man got out of a waiting vehicle and began slashing at employees with a knife.

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Both the male suspect and McGillivary fled in the same vehicle.

A 34-year-old security guard has recovered from a neck wound.

McGillivary is described as being of First Nations descent, 5’5”, 140 lbs, with the name “Norman” tattooed on her neck.

She is believed to be in the Prince Albert, Pelican Narrows or Canoe Lake areas.

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Police are also looking for the male suspect on charges of assault with a weapon and aggravated assault.

He is described as being of First Nations descent, around 30-years-old, 5’6”, with a medium build.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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