Posted on 08/27/2022 11:04:34 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police apprehended a man with a rifle Friday after an attempted robbery at a hat store in the Mall of America.
At around 12 p.m. the Bloomington Police Department were contacted by Mall of America security reporting a male carrying a rifle inside the mall.
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, the man was walking around nonchalantly with the rifle, before stealing a charity donation canister at a kiosk.
He then proceeded to a Lids store located on the third floor, and demanded that employees start putting jerseys into a bag for him, Hodges said at a press conference Friday afternoon.
Upon leaving the Lids store, the mall's reactionary security team was able to tackle and place him under arrest without further incident. No shots were fired.
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Looks like they’re not saying whether it was a ‘youth’ or not.
Looks like a ‘youth’ to me. Thanks.
So glad they “apprehended the rifle”.
Shudder to think of what could have happened if it had just got up and started roaming around the place.
Isn’t MOA a gun free zone? This is the second shooting at MOA in as many weeks. Apparently those gun free zones don’t deter thugs.
No shooting, this time.
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