Ottawa police said they responded to a robbery at a financial institution on Main Street on Tuesday morning.

Police were called to the scene on Main Street near Highway 417 shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning for reports of a robbery in progress.

A Scotiabank building on the corner of Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue was taped off as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.

[ Ottawa police investigating a robbery at the Scotiabank on Main Street in Ottawa Tuesday morning. A rope appears to have been used to pull the back door of the bank open.] Ottawa police investigating a robbery at the Scotiabank on Main Street in Ottawa Tuesday morning. A rope appears to have been used to pull the back door of the bank open.

There was a large police presence in the area as “officers worked to contain the

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