SAN ANTONIO – Police have released pictures from a security camera that showed three men robbing a jewelry store on Jan. 20.
According to a preliminary police report, the three men walked into the store, inside South Park Mall, and one of the men pulled out a gun, pointed it a store associate's face and told him, “Get down right now. This is a robbery.”
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The gunman then grabbed the man and pulled him to the ground. Meanwhile, other witnesses to the crime, outside the store, walked away and began warning people to turn around.
The report also said the same person ordered another person to the ground.
While the man with the gun was giving orders, two other men went inside the store and broke one of the jewelry displays and stole merchandise inside of it.
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The robbers then ran out of the store together.
The robbery at the mall was the second of four incidents involving a gun this month at San Antonio-area malls.
A woman was threatened with a gun at La Cantera Mall just after the new year. On Sunday, a man was killed as two men tried to rob a jewelry store at Rolling Oaks Malls – both suspects have been arrested. And on Tuesday, a man with a gun threatened a mother and daughter at Ingram Park Mall.
Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest in this case. People with information can call SAPD or Crime Stoppers at 210-224-7867.