Aiken (WLTX) - One robbery suspect is dead, another is at large, and two are behind bars following an armed robbery at an Aiken Burger King.
Aiken DPS officials says it happened at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the fast food restaurant on York Street.
Police says the four men walked into the Burger King armed and ordered the customers and employees into the cooler. They then told managers to get money out of the cash registers before trying to get away.
Police then arrived on scene and they were able to arrest one of the Columbia men before he fled and they were able to arrest another man from Columbia as he ran and hid in a vacant house. Now, 25-year-old Sean Rodriguez and 27-year-old Robert Mills, Jr. are behind bars, charged with armed robbery and kidnapping.
Meantime, another suspect, who has not been identified, carjacked a person who was cleaning his car at a carwash and ordered him to drive to Hampton Avenue. That's when police say he ran out of the car and has not been found yet.
The fourth suspect was spotted in a field near the carwash, and when police approached him, they say he committed suicide. He has not been identified yet.
A 2000 Mercury Mountaineer was recovered from the crime scene. Police say it was stolen from a carjacking out of Columbia on October 2.
If you know where the fourth suspect is, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC, text "TIPSC" plus your message to CRIMES, or log onto www.midlandscrimestoppers.com.
11/7/2009 9:38:22 PM
