Djeneba Dosso
LJI Reporter
Shawville police are still looking for the perpetrator behind the attempted bank robbery at the
Shawville National Bank on June 24.
Marc Tessier, Media Relations Officer for Surêté du Québec, told the West Quebec Post they
received a call at 12:30 am, the same time the bank’s security alarm was triggered. However, by
the time officers arrived at the scene, the suspects had already vanished.
“[For the time being], it is unclear if the suspect acted alone or in a group; it could be one or two
people,” he said.
The attempted robbery left the bank with a damaged wall that the perpetrators tried to bring
down to enter the bank. It is unknown if the perpetrators were armed, and the type of tools used
to damage the wall is also still a mystery. Nonetheless, the efforts to force entry were significant
enough to trigger the bank’s security alarm.
“The identity of the suspect or suspects is unknown for the time being; however, the
investigation is ongoing,” Tessier closed off. It is not known if police have retrieved security
footage from the bank at this time.
The Shawville National Bank was contacted to comment on this story, but declined.
There were no staff or customers in the bank at the time of the attempted robbery. No injuries or
thefts have been reported.
This is a developing story with more details to come.