Crime & Safety
Restaurant Employee Fires Gun At Armed Robbery Suspect: Police
When an armed man tried robbing a restaurant, an employee of the restaurant pulled out his own gun.
MILWAUKEE, WI — Police say a restaurant employee open fired on an armed robbery suspect Saturday in Milwaukee.
According to a WTMJ report, police in Milwaukee were called to the Chicken Palace, in the 3400 block of W. National Ave. at 8 p.m. on a report of an armed robbery.
Police reported that a masked robbery suspect tried to take an entire cash register from the restaurant, when an employee from inside the restaurant, displayed a gun of his own and opened fire on the suspect as he tried fleeing out the restaurant's front door.
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According to Milwaukee police, the suspect returned fire, and fled, leaving behind the cash register.
According to a FOX 6 report, the suspect got into a stolen BMW and tried fleeing the scene, but crashed into a utility pole 100 feet away, and then fled on foot, abandoning the car.
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Police are currently investigating the crime and are searching for a suspect.
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