News release from the Fort Wayne Police Department:
Robbery suspects from AJ’s Locker Room need identified
(September 28, 2015) – The robbery suspects captured in both the still shots and video surveillance clips are responsible for the robbery of AJ’s Locker Room located in the Southgate Shopping center. The Fort Wayne Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in providing us with names of the three suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 436-STOP (436-7867).
Narrative By: Officer AMOS
ON 9-24-15 OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO HOLD UP ALARM AT 124 E. PETTIT; AJ’S LOCKER ROOM. WHILE IN ROUTE TO LOCATION DISPATCH ADVISED THAT ARMED ROBBERY HAD JUST OCCURRED. I WAS FIRST ON SCENE. I WAS APPROACHED BY MALE ASIAN WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, BUT HE WAS NOT PRESENT DURING THE ROBBERY. I THEN WAS FLAGGED BY THREE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THE BREEZE WAY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE STORE. THOSE INVIDUALS WHO WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS ADVISED THAT THREE MALES HAD JUST RUN THROUGH THE BREEZE WAY SOUTHBOUND TOWARD CONLEYS DO IT BEST. THEY OVERHEARD ONE MALE SAY LETS GET THE FUCK OUT HERE.
I RELAYED THE POSSIBLE ROUTE OF TRAVEL TO DISPATCH. I THEN ENTERED THE STORE AND MADE CONTACT WITH CHIN ##########. SHE ADVISED THAT THREE MALE BLACKS HAD ENTERED THE STORE AND BEGAN SHOPPING. THE SUBJECTS WAITED FOR THE OTHER CUSTOMERS TO LEAVE. THEY THEN APPROACHED THE COUNTER AND HAD ####### START PREPARING TO RING THEM UP. WHILE SHE WAS PREPARING THE CLOTHES FOR EACH PERSON. ONE ASKED ABOUT THE JEWERLY IN THE SHOWCASE. WHILE ###### WAS TRYING TO RETRIEVE A JEWELRY PIECE A GUN WAS PUT TO HER HEAD. SHE WAS THEN TOLD TO ACT NORMAL AND OPEN THE REGESTER.
###### STATED THAT THE THREE MALES SEEMED SUSPICIOUS AND SHE THOUGHT THAT THEY MAY TRY A STOLEN CREDIT CARD. SO SHE CALLED NEXT DOOR TO ATHLETES FOOT WHICH IS ALSO OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. ######### CAME
TO ASSIST. WHEN THE GUN WAS PUT TO ####### HEAD, ###### WAS TOLD TO COME UP BEHIND THE COUNTER AND ACT NORMAL ALSO.####### TOLD PERPS THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO OPEN THE REGISTER. SHE WAS TOLD THAT IF SHE DIDN’T OPEN THE REGISTER SHE WOULD BE SHOT. REGISTER WAS OPENED. PERPS TOOK CASH AND THE CLOTHES THEY HAD GATHERED EARLIER.
DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN OF PERPS WERE THREE MALE BLACKS.
1ST: MALE, BLACK, IN HIS TWENTIES, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, APPROX 6FT, SLIM BUILD, WHITE SHIRT, SHORT SLEEVE, RED STRIPES, W/BUTTONS ON THE COLLAR. POSSIBLE POLO BRAND SHIRT. ALSO WEARING BLUE JEANS.2ND; MALE, BLACK, IN HIS TWENTIES, DARK SKIN, BLACK HOODY, OVER 6FT TALL.
3RD: MALE, BLACK, IN HIS TWENTIES, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, YELLOW SHIRT, SHORT, APPROX 5’8″, VIDEO SHOWS THIS SUBJECT WITH THE GUN PER DETECTIVE VASCHON.
ALL BUT SUBJECT WITH GUN LEFT WITH ITEMS FROM THE STORE.
A TRACK WAS DONE BY THE K9 UNIT. AND OFFICER BURCH LOCATED SOME EVIDENCE.
I STOOD BY UNTIL I WAS RELEASED BY DETECTIVES.
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