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Shawnee police investigate aggravated robbery

Posted at 6:29 AM, Feb 15, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-15 14:05:33-05

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery in the 6300 block of Widmer in Shawnee, Kan. that happened around 11 p.m. Sunday night. 

Authorities received a 911 phone call from a Pizza Hut delivery driver who said he was robbed by three people at gunpoint while he was delivering a pizza. The three suspects took his money and his vehicle. The delivery driver was not injured. 

The three suspects were last seen leaving in the scene in the victim's vehicle and the original vehicle they arrived in. 

Police arrived shortly after and found the victim's car abandoned a short distance away. 

Officers then located the original suspected vehicle with two juveniles inside. Evidence of a robbery was found inside that vehicle. 

The two juveniles have been taken into custody. They were later taken into Juvenile Detention awaiting charges.

The third suspect ran on foot and a police K-9 was used to track him, but the suspect was not located. 

The investigation is ongoing. Detectives say they have a good idea who the third person is and are working to locate the individual. 

Police are asking anyone with information to call the Shawnee Police Department at (913) 631-2150 or the TIPS hotline, (816) 474-TIPS. 

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