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HOUSTON, Texas — A customer at a taqueria on the southwest side of Houston shot and killed a would-be armed robber, according to video released by the Houston Police Department. The customer reportedly gathered the money taken by the robbery

A panhandler offered a woman crack cocaine moments after he robbed her on a Chicago train platform Thursday, according to prosecutors via CWB Chicago.

Two men with hammers robbed a pedestrian in Chicago early Sunday morning amid a string of armed robbery attacks within the city.

Nearly 40 people were robbed by armed groups over the weekend in Chicago’s near west and north sides, according to police.

Two armed men stole $72,000 worth of jewelry from three people at a Manhattan jewelry store on Monday, according to the NYPD.

A group of residents at a Kokomo, Indiana, apartment complex beat an alleged armed robber, after which one of the residents pulled his own gun and held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived.

A Chicago man on electronic home monitoring for an armed robbery charge was found by police seven miles away from his residence.

A jewelry store owner shot and killed two of four armed robbery suspects inside his store in Orlando, Florida’s, Magic Mall just before noon on Friday. 

A dramatic carjacking was caught on surveillance video, and four armed men are seen ambushing a helpless victim at a Philadelphia gas station.

A Phoenix man’s Tinder meetup at a hotel resulted in him being robbed of $3,000 by an armed couple, according to police.

Two Florida teens were arrested for allegedly kidnapping, sexually assaulting, carjacking, and robbing a woman with a firearm, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.

A group of minors in Finland are suspected of using an adult dating website to lure a man into meeting them and then proceeding to rob the victim and threaten him while armed with a machete.

Police in New York City released footage of a brawl at the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day that resulted in one man being mugged at knifepoint.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for two suspects believed to be involved in a pattern of armed robberies throughout the Bronx borough.

A French Catholic priest was held at gunpoint and robbed over the weekend while another priest was performing a baptism ceremony. 

A Christian pastor in Brooklyn was robbed at gunpoint during his live-streamed sermon on Sunday before bandits made off with $400k in jewels.

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to ten years and eight months in prison for attempting to kidnap his ex-girlfriend in Michigan.

A man who allegedly committed five armed robberies at CVS pharmacies across Michigan was arrested after being caught when a pharmacist discreetly gave him a fake pill bottle with a tracking device inside, ClickOnDetroit reported.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) released images of two suspects wanted in connection with the robbery of an aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Two men have been arrested while two others allegedly remain on the run after armed thieves conducted a daylight raid on a major European art fair.

A 12-year-old Michigan boy committed an armed robbery at a Hartford gas station after firing a warning shot, police said, and surveillance footage captured the shocking incident.

Officials in New York City announced on Friday that two men are in custody after they allegedly conducted multiple armed robberies targeting the apartment of two strippers in Queens, according to reports.

An armed suspect allegedly attempted to rob a 53-year-old man in his 14th floor Chicago hotel room Sunday, leading to a gunfight, police said.

New York City police are searching for a pair of suspects who they say robbed a mother and her toddler at gunpoint in the Bronx Wednesday.

A Chicago teen, accused of robbing a train conductor at gunpoint, was arrested after his mother took him to a police station, per reports.

A dog named Bullet helped save the lives of a clerk and a store manager in Philadelphia on Tuesday by engaging two armed suspects, the manager said.

A 19-year-old Burger King cashier was shot and killed about 12:45 a.m. Sunday during a robbery at the restaurant’s East Harlem location.

An NBC Sports news crew was robbed while on assignment in Oakland on Saturday, the incident marks the third time a news crew has been robbed in the city in less than three weeks.

Surveillance video shows a retired U.S. Marine take a gun away from an alleged armed robber who entered a Yuma, Arizona, convenience store early Wednesday morning.

A 33-year-old anti-authoritarian far-left anarchist has been charged with multiple felonies after potentially carrying out several armed robberies of banks in Greece. The 33-year-old was the main suspect in an armed bank robbery earlier this month after a Piraeus Bank branch

A 20-year-old prospective player for the St. Louis Blues was robbed at gunpoint on the grounds of the famed St. Louis Arch on Monday evening.

An off-duty New Orleans police officer visiting a Houston upscale Galleria-area restaurant is dead and another person is seriously wounded after gunmen opened fire during a robbery.

A Texas auto dealer is recovering from injuries sustained during an invasion-style robbery captured on security camera video. Houston police are searching for the alleged robber who is seen forcing his way into the victim’s south Houston used car office. The suspect is seen assaulting the owner with a crowbar and pistol.

Authorities say two brothers have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery and fatal shooting of a Louisiana gas station clerk who was on his knees when he gave the money from the cash register to the suspects.

An armed robber wearing a coronavirus mask on Monday morning shot and killed a New Orleans store clerk who had handed over money and had gotten on his knees.

An alleged armed robber was shot and killed by a restaurant customer with a concealed permit Sunday night in Philadelphia.