Washington shopping mall underwear thieves pull gun, citizens help cops arrest them
Officers later found a loaded gun on the suspects
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two teens were arrested Tuesday for allegedly shoplifting underwear and pulling a gun on a security guard, according to local media.
The underwear theft happened shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday at South Hill Mall in Puyallup, Washington.
South Hill Mall shopping plaza in Puyallup, Washington. (Google Maps)
Captain Ryan Portmann told the Tacoma News Tribune one of the 16-year-old suspects pointed a gun at a security officer before fleeing the store.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Customers pointed officers in the direction of the underwear bandits. An officer in an unmarked police car located the duo near a Red Robin on 9 St SW.
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The two teens were arrested and booked into Remann Hall on robbery charges. The loaded gun was found on one of the suspects, Portmann said.
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