Crime & Safety
Armed Robbery Caught On Camera, Police Seek Public's Help: Video
DC Police detectives are asking the public to help identify four suspects who robbed a Hawaii Avenue N.E. business at gunpoint on Monday.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Metropolitan Police Department detectives from the Fourth District are asking for the public's help in identifying four suspects connected to an Armed Robbery (Gun) offense that took place early Monday morning, according to a police release.
On Dec. 30, at about 2:11 a.m., four individuals entered a business in the 300 block of Hawaii Avenue, N.E. One of the four brandished a handgun and demanded money from an employee at the business. The suspects took money from the cash register, before fleeing the scene.
The incident was captured on a nearby surveillance camera. MPD posted the video of the suspects on YouTube.
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Police are asking anyone who has knowledge of the robbery or who can identify the suspects to take no action. Instead, they should call police at 202-727-9099 or text a tip to MPD's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.
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