Video Shows Fire Extinguisher-Aided Robbery of High-End Store, Police Ask Public for Help
It’s would be beyond brazen — if it hadn’t already happened before.
According to a news release from the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, Dec. 17 robbery at the Chanel store in the upscale DCCityCenter was carried out by a gang armed with a fire extinguisher.
The release stated that “at approximately 5:30 p.m., five suspects entered a retail store” and set off the fire extinguisher as a distraction.
“One of the suspects discharged a fire extinguisher multiple times with its contents striking a Special Police Officer while the other suspects took merchandise from the store,” the release stated.
“The suspects then fled the scene” in a white sedan.
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