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"Safety tips from police include traveling in groups, parking in lighted areas, carrying a cell phone, avoiding intoxication and not fighting back" STOP! I HAVE A CELL PHONE, AND I AM NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!. Wouldn't I just once love to hear one of these safety tips include, take a situational awareness class, learn how to use a gun, and get a carry permit? These people did at least two of their "tips" to no avail. They traveled in a group and did not fight with their assailants. Didn't seem to help them, did it? :aargh4:
Man shot during Uptown robbery in critical condition
March 19, 2006 – 8:43 PM
A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot during a robbery late Saturday in Minneapolis' Uptown area.
A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot during a robbery Saturday in Minneapolis' Uptown area.
Police said the man, whose identity was not released, and his mother, sister and a friend were walking to their car when two men approached them about 9:55 p.m. in the 3100 block of Girard Avenue S. in the Carag neighborhood. The group had just come from a restaurant at Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue.
Police said the suspects demanded the mother's purse. She obliged and there was no struggle or resistance, but one suspect then shot the man, police said.
Inspector Kris Arneson, who oversees the Fifth Precinct where the shooting occurred, said the suspects fled on foot and may have then gotten into a white car. No detailed descriptions of the suspects or car were available.
Police don't know if the robbery is linked to others.
"The situation is grave," Arneson said of the man's condition, adding that it's unusual for robbery suspects to shoot their victims.
Robberies have increased 39 percent citywide in the first 2½ months of 2006 compared with the same time last year, according to statistics released last week. There were 100 robberies reported in the Fifth Precinct this year compared with 60 at this time last year, Arneson said. A robbery task force is investigating the crimes, and patrols have been stepped up, she said.
Safety tips from police include traveling in groups, parking in lighted areas, carrying a cell phone, avoiding intoxication and not fighting back.
Anyone with information about the robbery can call police at 612-692-TIPS.
CHAO XIONG
Man shot during Uptown robbery in critical condition
March 19, 2006 – 8:43 PM
A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot during a robbery late Saturday in Minneapolis' Uptown area.
A 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot during a robbery Saturday in Minneapolis' Uptown area.
Police said the man, whose identity was not released, and his mother, sister and a friend were walking to their car when two men approached them about 9:55 p.m. in the 3100 block of Girard Avenue S. in the Carag neighborhood. The group had just come from a restaurant at Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue.
Police said the suspects demanded the mother's purse. She obliged and there was no struggle or resistance, but one suspect then shot the man, police said.
Inspector Kris Arneson, who oversees the Fifth Precinct where the shooting occurred, said the suspects fled on foot and may have then gotten into a white car. No detailed descriptions of the suspects or car were available.
Police don't know if the robbery is linked to others.
"The situation is grave," Arneson said of the man's condition, adding that it's unusual for robbery suspects to shoot their victims.
Robberies have increased 39 percent citywide in the first 2½ months of 2006 compared with the same time last year, according to statistics released last week. There were 100 robberies reported in the Fifth Precinct this year compared with 60 at this time last year, Arneson said. A robbery task force is investigating the crimes, and patrols have been stepped up, she said.
Safety tips from police include traveling in groups, parking in lighted areas, carrying a cell phone, avoiding intoxication and not fighting back.
Anyone with information about the robbery can call police at 612-692-TIPS.
CHAO XIONG