A man has been arrested after a Prince Albert cab driver was found with a gunshot wound.

On December 25 at 5:00 p.m. police were called to the area of 15th Street West and 14th Avenue West for a report of a robbery. Officers were told that the caller had given a male a ride in his vehicle before he was threatened at gunpoint and his vehicle was stolen.

Later that day, at 10:00 p.m., police were called to a business in the 2800 block of 6th Avenue East. Officers learned the business had been robbed at gunpoint by a male.

Even later that day, officers located the suspect vehicle parked in the area of the 2000 block of 15th Avenue East. Officers watched the man exit a cab in an alley before entering the vehicle and speeding northbound on 15th Avenue.

The vehicle came to a stop after colliding with a tree in the area of River Street and 15th Avenue East. The suspect then exited the vehicle and began to flee on foot before being arrested a short distance away. Upon a search of the vehicle, a firearm was located with a spent casing inside.

Officers then attended to the cab driver and learned he was suffering from a gunshot wound. His injuries were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. Officers learned the suspect pointed a firearm at the cab driver and demanded money before the firearm was discharged and the suspect fled the scene.

The suspect vehicle is believed to be the same vehicle stolen earlier that day.