Armed robber casually walks into home

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After gathering the groceries successful her car, Julie Wicklund deed the fastener to unopen her store doorway Sunday astir noon astatine her southbound Minneapolis home.

“When I went into the house, unbeknownst to maine the doorway had not really closed,” Wicklund said.

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That opening was seemingly capable for an equipped robber to locomotion done the store and into her location adjacent 48th Street and Girard Avenue South. Wicklund was sitting astatine the land successful her kitchen, eating luncheon with her daughter.

“He walked into this location with nary regard, radical determination oregon not. Held a weapon to us, spoke precise calm. Not erratically, not connected drugs. Just precise simply, ‘Give maine your keys, don’t look astatine me,’” Wicklund said.

She said the thief grabbed her purse, computer, cellphone, and took off. Her lad heard the commotion from upstairs and had already locked himself successful the bath and called 911.

“It was perfectly surreal,” she said.

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The frightening transgression has increased, according to Minneapolis police. The suspects are successful cars and travel victims to their homes to rob them, sometimes going wrong the home. They’re equipped and person adjacent attacked homeowners.

WCCO tried to inquire constabulary wherever the crimes happened and however often, but didn’t get an answer. WCCO did nevertheless marque interaction with 2 much victims successful the Lowry Hill neighborhood.

“It happened again the pursuing nighttime conscionable a fewer blocks from america and radical are being terrorized successful our community,” Wicklund said.

She had the locks changed connected her location and car, but her consciousness of information remains shaken. She is the artifact skipper for her section Neighborhood Watch. She sent an email to neighbors astir the crime, reminding them to fastener their doors and crook connected their alarms, adjacent erstwhile they’re home.

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“It’s gonna instrumentality a agelong clip for immoderate of america to consciousness safe, immoderate of us. My home, anyone successful our neighborhood,” she said.

Jeff Wagner