A Broughton Street jewelry store was closed Monday following a Saturday-afternoon robbery by a man wielding a hammer.
Francis Jewelers is scheduled to reopen Tuesday.
Owner Rafal Zebrowski told CHEK News he was afraid for his life during the incident, which left staff and customers shaken. Victoria police were called about 3:45 pm
Zebrowski said he approached the man at first, “but after seeing that he had a hammer in his hands, I had to backtrack.”
“I told him, ‘I’m not going