Suspect in attempted carjacking sought on Sunshine Coast, RCMP say

The suspect is seen in this still from a surveillance video shared by police. (Sunshine Coast RCMP)

Mounties on the Sunshine Coast are asking the public for help as they work to identify a woman they say attempted a carjacking in Gibsons on Tuesday.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. in the 400 block of Marine Drive, the Sunshine Coast RCMP said in a news release Thursday.

“The female brandished a weapon and ordered the occupant to drive,” the release reads. “When the occupant refused, the suspect fled the area through the parking lot north of Marine Drive.”

Police did not say what kind of weapon the woman brandished.

Alongside their statement, police shared a nine-second surveillance video showing the suspect running through the parking lot, describing her as a thin, white woman in her late 20s with long, dyed blond hair. She was wearing all black and a blue medical mask, police said.

Anyone who recognizes the person in the video or saw her at any time on Tuesday—“either in the area or possibly on local transit”—should call Sunshine Coast RCMP at 604-885-2266, police said.