High School on Lockdown Thursday as Police Search for Armed Robber
Police say the same man is a suspect in a similar incident Wednesday.
Correction 2:26 p.m. 2/21/13: This story previously incorrectly stated the St. Louis Park Police Department requested that St. Louis Park High School go into lockdown. The St. Louis Park High School was put on lockdown for an hour Thursday morning as city police combed the area looking for an armed robber. A little before 6:30 a.m., police received a report of an armed robbery near a bus stop at the corner of Minnetonka Boulevard and Hampshire Avenue. The suspect, described as a black man about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and wearing a dark-colored mask and hoodie, brandished a pistol at a pedestrian and demanded their phone and wallet. According to schools spokesperson Sarah Thompson, the high school went into lockdown at 6:30 a.m., as police …
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