Suspect accused of brandishing gun, stealing scooter

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An 18-year-old male has been arrested after allegedly brandishing a gun and stealing a teen’s scooter.

At what was meant to be a meet-up for the purposes of selling the electric scooter, a 16-year-old male victim was near the back of a home in the 300 block of Springfield Road at about 3:30 p.m. June 10, when the other young man arrived, “and while examining the scooter, brandished a gun, and took the scooter before fleeing the area,” the Winnipeg Police Service stated in a news release Sunday.

A suspect was arrested Aug. 8 just before 7 p.m. in the 500 block of Manitoba Avenue. Simon Bahati is charged with armed robbery using a firearm and was detained in custody.