JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Tuesday shared a new video showing the dramatic arrest of four people who have been accused of using guns to steal more than $11,000 from Jacksonville Dollar General stores.
“They won’t be doing that anymore. Not in our city,” Waters said.
Earlier this month, News4JAX reported the arrests of the four suspects in their 20s, three men and a woman, accused of hitting four Dollar General stores across the city at closing time, forcing employees to open the safes before fleeing in a white Dodge Charger.
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During a noon news conference, Waters formally announced the arrests and played surveillance video of the suspects pointing guns at employees during one of the robberies. JSO also shared a video of the suspects being surrounded by officers and captured in their getaway car following the fourth robbery at a location on North Main Street.
When officers captured the suspects after a brief chase, an officer fired a shot at the vehicle when one of the suspects raised a gun at him, JSO said. Waters said the incident is under administrative review.
Officers said they found three guns believed to be used in all the robberies, ski masks, more than $3,500 in cash and stolen merchandise in the vehicle.
A search warrant at the homes of the suspects led to the discovery of clothing used in a previous Dollar General armed robbery.
Two workers at the Fort Caroline store were so shaken up by what happened that they never returned to work.
No one was injured in the shooting or during the robberies.