Mounties in Dauphin are investigating a robbery that took place around the noon hour last Tuesday.
They say a masked male suspect entered a business on 1st Avenue NE and asked for help finding a few items - before taking the items and walking out of the store without paying for them.
An employee followed the suspect outside of the store, only to be assaulted and have a knife pulled on him.
The suspect, who was wearing a black jacket and carrying a black bag at the time, then left the scene on a red mountain bike.
RCMP are asking anyone who has info on this incident to please contact the Dauphin detachment at 204-622-5020 or Manitoba Crime Stoppers.