Juvenile Uses Air-Soft Gun to Rob Portland Man Outside Gates Market

The 50-year-old victim from Portland was not injured in the incident.

Salem-News.com

(GATES) - The Marion County Sheriff’s office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred Sunday afternoon in Gates.

Sgt. Jeff Wheeler says deputies responded near the Sierra Market just before 4:30 PM, after receiving a call that someone had been robbed at gunpoint outside the market.

The suspect, who fled on foot, was described as a juvenile male, and used an air-soft pistol to commit the robbery Wheeler said.

The 50-year-old victim from Portland was not injured in the incident.

Deputies from both Marion and Linn Counties searched the area for the suspect, and located him near the store and took him into custody.

Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact deputy Jeff Stutrud at (503) 566-6991.