Edmonton police looking for pizza shooting suspect

A shooting at an Edmonton Pizza Hut sent an employee to hospital with life-threatening injuries. As Laura Krause reports, the Edmonton Police Service has released photos of the suspect.

Edmonton police are asking the public for help identifying a man following a shooting at a pizza restaurant in north Edmonton.

EPS say a man entered a restaurant near 133 Street and 114 Avenue with a gun.

He then reportedly shot a 55-year-old employee before fleeing the scene.

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Paramedics attended to scene and treated the man before taking him to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries.

The suspect has been described as wearing a black bulky coat with a hooded sweater underneath, black pants/jeans that are tight around the calf, black shoes or boots and a multi-coloured face covering.

Police issued photo of a pizza restaurant shooting suspect. (Photo Courtesy: Edmonton Police Service)

If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact investigators at 780-423-4567 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.