North Carolina: Movie Theater Standoff in Raleigh After Robbery

A standoff is taking place between police and a suspect who might be in the Carmike 15 theater in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area on Monday, according to reports.
North Carolina: Movie Theater Standoff in Raleigh After Robbery
Jack Phillips
10/28/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

A standoff took place between police and a suspect who might be in the Carmike 15 theater in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area on Monday, according to reports. The suspect was later apprehended. 

ABC-11 reported that two men tried the rob the theater or a nearby business.

One of the suspects was captured but the other one might still be inside the theater.

Cinema employees were rushed out of the building.

Police had reportedly surrounded the theater with guns out.

But according to WRAL, the other suspect surrendered to officers after coming out of the theater.

It reported that the standoff came to an end at around 2 p.m.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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