| Police Caught Kids Trying To Rob Sky Supermarket |
| Thu, October 8, 2015 |
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| Police have two minors detained in connection with a very bizarre attempted robbery in Ladyville this evening. At 4:00, the Rural Rapid Response team were operating near the Sky Supermarket Complex area in Ladyville when they saw two boys come off a bus and meet up with a man and another minor in a vehicle. The driver gave one of the minors a gun but the police were able to catch the kids before they committed any crime. But that's not all! - when the kids tried to run from the police, the driver of the vehicle knocked down one of the minors who were trying to escape. Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster unraveled the story for us this evening.
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster, Commander - Eastern Division Rural
"No robbery was committed. At 4pm we had an active operation where we had our rural rapid response doing surveillance in the general vicinity where we had two juveniles who alighted their bus and another juvenile. The driver is unknown to us in a grey Tribute where the two juveniles that came off the bus was given a firearm to commit a robbery. However, it is apparent that they may have seen our surveillance team and they decided to run. The occupants of the car that they marred up with drove and ran over one of them and he got up and took out the firearm and pointed at the occupants of the vehicle. At this time our rural rapid response got into action and halted the crime where they froze the individual with the firearm and they captured the other juvenile that was with him as well."
"The juvenile and the driver of the grey Tribute manage to make good their escape. We have one of the juvenile at the KHMH at this time receiving treatment."
Courtney Weatherburne
"Also clarify the portion of the story where the juvenile was knocked down. Tell us about that again. Where was he and who ran him over?"
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster
"The two occupants of the vehicle of the driver of the suspected vehicle ran over that particular juvenile because they thought that they were abandoning the mission. As a matter of fact the driver of the vehicle had a firearm and they came out and pointed a gun as well at the two juvenile that came off the bus, because they believe they were absconding from the mission."
The minor that was knocked down is at the KHMH receiving treatment. One of the minors involved is 15 and the other is 17 years old. The driver of the vehicle and the other minor escaped. Police believe that the vehicle belongs to the parent of one of the minors and that they took it to carry out this operation. Police are unsure as to which business the minors were going to hold up. Police also told us that one of the minors dropped their phone so they are confident that they will find the driver and the other minor.
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