Armed teenagers arrested at Brandon Mall after threatening victim: HCSO

The Brief

  • The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested two juveniles on Thursday.
  • Deputies were responding to a call of a disturbance involving armed suspects.
  • Deputies apprehended the suspects after they discarded their weapons during the chase.

BRANDON, Fla. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested two teenagers on Thursday after responding to a disturbance involving armed suspects.

Teenagers arrested

What we know:

HCSO said when deputies located the suspects near the Brandon mall, they both fled on foot through a nearby store and the area surrounding it.

As deputies continued to follow them, the juveniles discarded a backpack containing a loaded AR-15-style firearm and later threw away a handgun, HCSO said.

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