Hartford, CT– A 23-year-old man was arrested after an attempted armed jewelry store robbery on Friday afternoon in Hartford.
At around 2:20 p.m. the Hartford police department responded to Fine Gold Jewelry Store on William Shorty Campbell Street for a report of an active armed robbery.
Store staff told police that they were in an active struggle with an armed suspect at the store and that the suspect had deployed pepper spray, infecting other customers including a young child.
Upon arrival, officers secured the suspect and began to investigate the scene.
The suspect was in possession with burglary tools for the attempted heist, a stolen handgun and a stolen submachine gun.
The suspect was arrested on scene. Customers and store staff who were exposed to the pepper spray were treated for minor injuries on scene.
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