By James Peters

Suspect in downtown bank robbery surrenders to police

Oct 31, 2016 | 3:55 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP say a suspect in yesterday’s knifepoint robbery at a downtown bank has turned himself in.

According to Corporal Jodi Shelkie, the detachment received a call at about 6:00 p.m. yesterday from a man claiming he was the one who held up the Royal Bank on Victoria Street earlier in the afternoon.

When officers met him at a location downtown, they arrested him without incident.

Shelkie says the man matches the suspect in the robbery, and he will now face charges.

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She notes the man is 24 years old, new to Kamloops, and doesn’t have a criminal history.

MONDAY — At about 3:20 p.m., a man brandished a knife and demanded cash from a teller at the RBC branch at 2nd Avenue and Victoria Street.

The suspect received a sum of money and took off on foot.

Witnesses described the suspect as white, about 5’11” with a shaved head.

At the time, he was wearing a brown jacket over top of a black leather jacket and jeans.

RCMP say no one was hurt and the investigation remains ongoing at this time.