2 charged after Prince George robbery in which 2 were bear-sprayed

The Prince George RCMP detachment is seen in this photo from its Facebook page. (Facebook/PrinceGeorgeRCMP)

Two men are facing robbery charges after an incident at a Prince George business over the weekend that injured two people.

The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at a business on Queensway, Prince George RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

The detachment did not name the affected business, nor share images from the store’s surveillance cameras, which police said showed one man enter the business while another waited outside.

Both suspects were wearing masks, according to police. The one who entered the building stole an item and bear-sprayed two people inside before fleeing north on Queensway on foot.

A police dog was called in to track the suspects, eventually discovering them in a home in the 1500 block of Queensway, Mounties said.

At the home, two people were arrested and two others were detained, police said, adding that two of them were released “without process” and the other two were held in custody.

Online court records indicate that Anthony Arthur Crocker and Ash-Batomene John Matondo, both born in 2005, have each been charged with one count of robbery and one count of disguising their faces with intent to commit an offence.

Crocker has also been charged with possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Both men remained in custody as of Tuesday and were next scheduled to appear in court in Williams Lake on Wednesday morning.

Prince George RCMP said their investigation remains ongoing.