VIDEO: Surveillance Captures Moment Cop Confronts 7 Jewelry Store Robbers
by Christopher BergThe robbery in McAllen, TX sparked alarm about an "active shooter."
McAllen, TX - Video surveillance footage captured the moment that a police officer responded to a robbery at a jewelry store in La Plaza Mall and confronted seven robbers (video below.)
The incident happened Saturday as seven robbers ran into the jewelry store, appearing to brandish weapons, the video showed.
They greatly outnumbered the lone security officer, who appeared in the video to follow their directions to get on the ground.
The robbers started smashing glass display cases, which set off a false alarm of an active shooter among people in the mall, according to McAllen PD.
After receiving a report of an active shooter, all nearby law enforcement officers swarmed to take out the shooter. Officers from McAllen PD, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, and Texas Department of Public Safety responded, according to The Monitor.
A McAllen police officer arrived in less than one and one-half minutes. He rushed into the jewelry store and passed one of the robbers. The cop confronted the seven robbers alone until plainclothes officers arrived seconds behind him to help.
All seven robbers were taken into custody without anybody being injured.
You can see the video of the robbery below:
12 Responses
angeleyes
Aug 6, 2018 ha ha, geniuses. Jewelry store in a mall, highend merchandise. love their lookout. Hey guys, cops are here. Thugs are complete idiots, guess that's why their thugs. Good job LEOs
VWells
Jul 31, 2018 Wow! So happy law enforcement caught all 7! Fantastic job! I love it when the good guys win!!👮♀️👮♀️👮♀️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️♥️♥️
rover77
Jul 30, 2018 cop was lucky he didn't get shot inn the back
ProGODProUSA
Jul 30, 2018 The officer should be nicknamed "RoboCop" or "Rambo"!
RPG156
Jul 30, 2018 That was ballsy to go into the store with so many armed suspects. The officer was blessed that the suspect that he passed by wasn't ready to kill.
LordSeamus
Jul 30, 2018 Job well done !
DWayne63
Jul 30, 2018 Did you notice the older customer who shielded two ladies with his body until he could get them out of the store?
Frank Cadillac
Jul 30, 2018 If that happened in Germany and offenders belong to the millions of Muslim economic migrants sentence would probably be suspended.
BlueMooseCode4
Jul 30, 2018 Good job. I hope the guy that recorded this never wants a job in cinema because he could not figure out to turn his phone to landscape to record the entire screen. I wonder if he turns his big screen TV sideways to watch it also?
Righton17
Jul 30, 2018 Wonder what the left will find they did wrong?