(SOURCE: Halifax Regional Police)

Photos have been released of a suspect after an attempted robbery in Dartmouth.

Halifax Regional Police were called to a parking lot near NSCC’s Ivany Campus last Friday at around 10 a.m.

A man carrying a stick or a pipe went up to a woman as she was trying to leave her car.

Police say he threatened her and demanded she pass him the keys. He ran away empty-handed.

@HfxRegPolice continue to investige a robbery that occurred in the parking lot near 80 Mawiomi Place in Dartmouth on Sept 2 and are releasing suspect’s photo. Anyone with information is asked to call police. https://t.co/6WsPYofBqZ pic.twitter.com/PXJJLAQy7F

— Halifax_Police (@HfxRegPolice) September 7, 2022

The suspect is described as a man in his 40s to 50s, approximately 5’7″ tall, with a slim build, salt and pepper hair, and a beard.

He was wearing a khaki-coloured hat, a dark long-sleeved shirt, jeans, black boots, blue sunglasses and a face mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers.