Man charged after attempted armed robbery with machete in Saskatoon's Confederation Park

Officers responded to a report that a man carrying a machete was stealing items from a store in the 400 block of Confederation Drive.

City police arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with an attempted robbery with a machete at a Confederation Park store on Tuesday night.

Around 5 p.m., officers responded to a report that a man carrying a machete was stealing items from a store in the 400 block of Confederation Drive, police said in a Wednesday news release.

They found the suspect quickly when they arrived, but he fled and ran across several lanes of traffic, carrying the machete.