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6 juveniles taken into custody after standoff

Posted at 4:39 AM, May 30, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-30 10:33:43-04

After several hours, a police standoff with six juveniles near 37th and Warwick in KCMO is over.

Officials say the juveniles were going around committing street robberies in the area. 

According to officials, three victims were robbed at gunpoint near 37th and Walnut by six black males. The victims then followed the suspects to an apartment located in the 3600 block of Warwick. 

The victims called police notifying them of the suspects' location. 

When officers arrived, they found 11 teenagers in the apartment. Following a brief standoff, six juveniles were taken into custody on charges of armed robbery. 

Detectives have not yet located any weapons in the apartment where the juveniles were hiding.  

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