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Police in South Carolina say a man dressed as a woman tried to rob a mobile phone store and was shot by the clerk.

A violent London gang which terrorised businesses with a fake handgun, hammer, and samurai sword in a campaign of “frightening armed robberies” has been jailed.

A team of gunmen tried to rob a jewelry store in this border city by holding a police officer and several shoppers at gunpoint. Despite no shots being fired, the robbery caused panic among local residents as various social media users and journalists claimed that the robbery was an active shooter situation.

Police announced Monday that they are searching for two suspects caught on video robbing a Vietnam veteran at gunpoint in broad daylight while he was sitting on the front porch of his Detroit home.

Police in Bountiful, Utah, released surveillance video showing a pawn shop owner break away from an armed suspect, retrieve a gun, and shoot the suspect dead.

Just one in ten London knife robberies was solved by police last year, data has shown, as leftist Mayor Sadiq Khan finally speaks up on the problem, begged the public to help police the city.

Florida’s Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) says a concealed carrier was able to pull his gun and fatally shoot an assailant while being robbed at gunpoint Tuesday morning.

Two teenagers acted as a “twisted tag team”, raping a woman at her home, behind a mosque and in an alleyway at gunpoint, in what police called a “disgusting, heartless attack”.

Police investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly slit the throat of a man as he attempted to protect his wife during a robbery and kidnapping attempt. The man survived the brutal attack by a man police investigators say is “as dangerous as they get.”

A Texas teenager has been accused of murder for allegedly shooting and killing her boyfriend during an armed robbery on New Year’s Eve.

HOUSTON, Texas — A grandmother stopped a would-be Christmas week jewelry robbery by shoving the perpetrator out the door of the store. The suspect attempted to shove his way through as the employees entered to prepare the Galleria-area shop.

A Mississippi teenager has been charged after he allegedly stabbed a woman in the neck and chest, cut off her ear, and stole her car Tuesday evening.

Two unarmed store owners thwarted an armed robbery when they fought off two men with handguns. Police report no injuries from the incident but the two would-be robbers eventually escaped.

A robbery suspect in Brazil entered a convenience store and drew his gun, only to be shot multiple times in a situation in which everyone was armed.

A man is accused of killing a Chicago actress and mother of two after a video surfaced of him allegedly pawning off her jewelry two hours after the murder took place.

A violent, armed gang of robbers have been jailed after using Islamic burqas to hide their identities as they stole hundreds of thousands of pounds in raids across Manchester.

Three robbers cut off a man’s thumb with a meat cleaver and slashed his face while they broke into his home in Queens, police sources say.

On April 26 an armed robbery suspect failed to successfully rack the slide of his semi-automatic pistol but pointed the jammed gun toward a cashier and demanded money anyway.

Two shootings have taken place on the Vegas strip on the same day, according to multiple reports.

Police in San Jose arrested a teenage trio that had terrorized and robbed over a dozen minimarts and gas stations at gunpoint or knifepoint over three months while wearing Geisha masks.

A Texas jogger shot an alleged would-be robber while returning home from his morning workout. The jogger was not licensed to carry a handgun.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – An illegal immigrant who frequented the Baton Rouge area has been accused by local police of raping and slitting a woman’s throat and is suspected of similar acts with other victims.

News outlets in Texas are reporting that at least two shooters are involved in what appears to be a robbery gone bad in a San Antonio, Texas, mall. Reports indicate that one person was killed, and five others were taken to area hospitals. A licensed Texas gun owner stepped in and shot one robber after that man allegedly killed a Goood Samaritan.

Two masked men held up an Amazon delivery driver at gunpoint in Chicago Tuesday morning.

An armed Uber driver in Florida stopped an armed robbery attack by shooting and killing one of the suspects.

An employee of a jewelry store in Conroe, Texas, pulled an AK-47 from behind the counter to stop four would-be armed robbers. One of the armed robbers opened fire and multiple employees returned fire, killing the suspect.

A Houston man with a Texas License to Carry (LTC) stopped an armed robbery at a local auto parts store.

Two Massachusetts women have been charged with robbing a Roman Catholic nun of her rosary beads at knifepoint.

On Wednesday, a man allegedly targeted for armed robbery and shot by one of the assailants was able to pull his own gun and return fire, striking the assailant in the face.

A video released this week shows the moment of terror as a trio of heavily armed robbers invade a southeast Houston grocery store in an attempted robbery. It was the second armed robbery of this store in four months.