Puppy stolen at gunpoint from DC recovered, hunt for Bruno continues
The owners of Pablo the Australian Shepherd were happily reunited with their wriggling and licking pup Thursday night after their furry friend was robbed at gunpoint in northwest Washington, DC the day before.
Pablo is one of two puppies stolen in a series of armed robberies and shootings in Washington on Wednesday. The dog was found following the Carjacking Task Force detective’s investigation, according to a Tweeter from the DC Police Department.
Armed assailants abducted Pablo on Wednesday afternoon outside a CVS in northwest Washington, the the puppy’s owner said in a tweet.
“Let me get your dog back,” the thief told one of Pablo’s owners who stood outside the pharmacy with the dog while the other owner was inside the store, according to the Washington Post.
As one attacker pointed a gun at the owner, another man picked up the dog and two others took the owner’s phone and wallet.
“We are devastated,” one of Pablo’s owners tweeted at the time the dog was taken, adding that they would offer $50,000 to anyone who brings home a puppy.
But good news has reached owners following the DCPD investigation.
The small dog with one light eye and one dark eye was found at a residence in the city’s northeast neighborhood and multiple arrests have been made as a result, police said. Police did not release the names of the suspects or the nature of the charges.
Police said an active investigation continues as authorities search for a second puppy, Bruno, who was also taken from his owner on Wednesday.
Bruno, a one-year-old male French bulldog, was wearing a black collar and a black leash when he was robbed by four men minutes before Pablo was taken to the northwest quarter of the city, police said.
The men approached the gun-wielding owner and demanded their wallet and iPhone before leaving in a vehicle with Bruno.
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Police believe the same men were responsible for the two dog naps and investigators believe they were also associated with two other incidents on Wednesday. Minutes after the dogs were removed, police responded to a report of gunfire in northeastern Washington. Officers found two men there with gunshot wounds who were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
About ten minutes later, police said the same group of gunmen were seen approaching another victim in the northeast and demanding the person’s iPhone and Jordan 12 shoes. The victim complied and the thieves left, police said. A camera captured images of two of the suspects.
USA TODAY has contacted DCPD for further comment on Bruno’s research.
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