Man with blow torch robs Whitehorse gas bar

A man brandishing an unlit blow torch robbedGoody's Gas Bar in Whitehorse's Porter Creek neighbourhood Sunday night.

At around 10 p.m. Sunday, the suspect entered the store,brandished the unlit plumber's blow torch and threatened the employee, demandingcash, police say.

While a female accomplice remained outside as a lookout, the male suspectremoved about $490 in cash from the till before fleeing the store on foot towardCentennial Street North.

The clerk was not injured during the robbery.

Cary Goodman, who owns the store, said the employee did the right thing.

"In the heat of the moment, let him do his thing, give him his stuff, get him out and get on," he said.

"No use getting hurt over a few hundred dollars orso. We got a good video of him so we think we may know who it could possibly be."

Goodman said the store has now started keeping all the money in a safe since the robbery.

Suspects sought by police

A search of the area by Whitehorse's police dog,Crash, failed to findthe suspects.

The male suspect is described as5 feet 5 inches tall andpossibly of First Nations descent. He was seen wearing a dark hoodieand hat with a Monsterenergy drink logo displayed on the front.Police have released an image of the suspect from the store's videosurveillance.

The female suspect is described as wearing a grey hoodiewith white lettering on the front.