In an update to our previous reports, Council Bluffs Police have identified the suspect allegedly involved in the robbery of a convenience store at around 3-a.m. Today (Friday). Officials had taken 23-year old Matthew A. Campbell, a transient, into custody for questioning, after he was found hiding in a pickup not far from where the incident occurred. Campbell was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail on a charge of robbery.

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Officers were dispatched to the Kwik Shop at 1749 W. Broadway for a reported robbery. Upon arrival officers made contact with the victim. The victim said he was returning to the store after taking out the trash, when the suspect (Campbell) approached the victim and displayed a handgun ordering the victim back into the store. Once inside the store Campbell demanded money. The victim gave Campbell money out of the register. There were no injuries reported.

Campbell left the store and fled west and then south. The victim told officers that he noticed a red Chevy truck pass the store a short time prior to the robbery. While officers were checking the area for the suspect they located a red Chevy truck. The truck had no plates and when officers investigated further they located the man later identified as Campbell, hiding on the floor of the truck attempting to hide under a coat. He was was transported to the Criminal Investigation Division for further questioning. Inside the truck, officers located under a seat, a firearm matching the description given by the victim.