The Brief
- Minneapolis Police say they got a very clear picture of a robbery suspect because his victims were already recording video.
- The suspects were behind a business near 19th and Nicollet Avenue South when approached by suspect who took cash and jewelry.
- Hours later, the suspect was seen on a city camera in the same area and arrested soon after, handgun with extended magazine recovered.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – It’s said that a picture’s worth a thousand words. That came into play when two men who told police they were recording a music video because victims of an armed robbery with the cameras still running.
Caught on camera
What we know:
Police were called to the 1800 block of Nicollet Avenue South late in the afternoon of Oct. 18 to the report of two men who said that they were recording a music video when a suspect approached them.
According to the criminal complaint, as the victims were filming, the suspect, a 20-year-old man from St. Paul, came up behind them and pointed a handgun with an extended magazine and demanded jewelry. He has since been charged with two felonies.…