Six juveniles arrested after armed robberies, crashes in south Minneapolis

From the Star Tribune:

Six juveniles were arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of armed robberies in south Minneapolis and two crashes on Interstate 94, police said.

The suspects, three boys ages 11, 12 and 13, and two 14-year-old girls and a 12-year-old girl, were treated at local hospital following a crash, and then booked into the Juvenile Detention Center, police said...

Events unfolded about 11:30 a.m. when police were alerted to a robbery at gunpoint...A second robbery at gunpoint occurred a few minutes later...The suspects allegedly fired shots at a victim from a vehicle in the second robbery. No one was hit, police said.

A third robbery occurred at about 1:30 p.m...

The State Patrol and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office joined Minneapolis police in searching for the vehicles involved in the incidents...

A police chase ended after [one] vehicle crashed...

Four suspects who fled the vehicle on foot were apprehended. Two suspects in another stolen vehicle nearby also were arrested after crashing, police said.

Three other vehicles not part of the crime spree were involved in the crashes, but nobody was hurt, police said.