A month after bandits stole nine PlayStation 4s from an Indianapolis GameStop, armed robbers stormed another store in the same city, making off with 15 Xbox Ones in a pre-Christmas heist that left employees and customers tied up in a store room.
The robbery happened just after 10 p.m. on Monday, Indianapolis police said. Two men entered the store, one of them brandishing a “long silver revolver.” The second suspect whipped out a black semiautomatic pistol as they approached the clerk.
Four customers plus the manager on duty and three employees were taken to a storage room and bound with zip-ties. The suspects then made off with the 15 Xbox Ones and some money. Before departing, one of the men stomped on a phone belonging to a victim and stole their wallet.
The suspects are currently at large; the district manager for the GameStop didn’t comment to the Indianapolis Star beyond saying they didn’t want this kind of thing to happen again.
On Nov. 26, two robbers burst into a GameStop on the south side of Indianapolis and demanded all of the Xbox Ones in stock there. The console retails for $US500. When the staff replied they didn’t have any Xbox Ones left, the robbers took nine PS4s.
There was no indication the robberies are related; the two stores are on opposite ends of the city, about 25 miles apart.
Xbox One robbers tie up workers, customers at GameStop [Indianapolis Star]
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4 responses to “Indianapolis, USA: Home Of Next-Generation Console Heists, Apparently”
y u no make use of concealed carry law?
Life isn’t video games. If a hostage had opened fire, more than likely so woul the perps. At least three weapons discharging. Amature gun enthusiasts at best. Probably little if any actual firearms handling experience.
Yeah, those innocent people caught in crossfire totally deserve to die.
I’d like to think that the use of “y u no” infers that the dude was being facetious, using the often touted phrase of “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun” as a launching pad.
That said, it’s the internet, so who knows, one persons sarcasm is another’s way of life.
I’ve only ever seen that used for the obvious answer. As in “why didn’t you just solve the easy problem”.
Poe’s Law regardless.