Police are hunting a suspected armed robber who allegedly held up a Point Lonsdale general store with an edged weapon on Saturday morning.
Witnesses told police a male entered the premises armed with the weapon around 8.30am.
The male threatened an attendant and demanded cash but was disturbed by a delivery driver who entered the shop from the rear, policed said
The male ran from the store, escaping through school grounds nearby, they said.
Investigators on Tuesday released security camera footage of the male fleeing through the school grounds and stills of the male from the footage (pictured).
Police believed the male to be in his late teens and described him as approximately 185cm tall with a thin build.
He was wearing a white face mask or balaclava, a black hooded jumper and dark-coloured pants at the time of the incident.
Police wished to speak to a man who they believed was jogging near the general store at the time of the incident.
The jogger spoke with another witness present at the time of the incident, they said.
Police urged anyone who witnessed the incident or with information related to it to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
