Store Workers Held Robbery Suspect On Ground Until Police Arrive

CHARLOTTE, NC — A suspect in a cell phone store robbery is fighting for his life after employees caught him and held him down until police arrived, according to a police report.

The Feb. 14 incident occurred around 7 p.m. at the United Wireless Group, located at 3380 Green Park Circle. According to a police account, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers responded to the business after receiving a call about a robbery. When they arrived, they found a man being held to the ground by employees and in need of immediate medical attention.

“The officers immediately began CPR,” CMPD said in a statement. Medic and Charlotte Fire Department responded to the scene and and continued performing CPR until a pulse was regained. He was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

According to an initial police investigation, the suspect was not alone in the robbery attempt. Another male entered the business with him, and one of the suspects stole some phones before both attempted to run from the store, employees told police.

As employees fought with the suspect who was held until police arrived, the other left in a U-Haul Truck parked outside the business as an employee from the business fired a handgun several times. No one was struck by rounds, however police said the truck had at least one bullet hole when it was found abandoned on Center Park Drive.

The second suspect has not been located and CMPD says the investigation into the incident is ongoing and active.

Police ask that anyone with information about this case contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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