WYOMING, Mich. — Officers from the Wyoming Department of Public Safety were posted outside a house on Riley Street SW in Wyoming Monday afternoon. Police say they were led to the area after an armed robbery of an Amazon delivery truck in Rockford earlier in the day.
According to the Rockford Department of Public Safety, a suspect had approached an Amazon truck at Oak Street and James Street with a gun around 1 p.m. The suspect fled in the Amazon truck while two other suspects followed in a stolen vehicle.
One Rockford resident believes she might have seen what followed after the armed robbery.
"I noticed a man wearing an Amazon shirt walking up the block to 10 Mile Road here, and I thought that was strange because I didn't see his truck," Janice Barnes says.
Her husband Alex Terranova says he was surprised to hear this happen on his block.
"It was a shock," he says. "We've never had anything like that, that I know of, happen in this area before. It was concerning."
The suspects were tracked to the home on Riley Street SW after Captain James MacGuffee with the Wyoming Department of Public Safety says they were seen in the area.
"Sometime after the lunch hour was the incident in Rockford, and it wasn’t long after that some of the vehicles and people involved were spotted here," he says.
Prior to obtaining a search warrant, one suspect fled the home on foot and was arrested. After securing the location and obtaining the warrant, police arrested a second suspect. Police say the third suspect is still at large.
Eric Gant lives across the street from where police surrounded the home, and he says he and his neighbors waited for hours to get back to their homes.
"It was nerve wracking because I didn't know what was going to happen (with) that many cops in one area," he says. "They did a great job. That's the result of a great job honestly."
Two stolen vehicles and a firearm have been recovered, according to police. An Amazon truck was near the home, and a detective on the scene confirmed with 13 ON YOUR SIDE that the truck was the one that was taken.
No one was injured in the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rockford Department of Public Safety at 616-866-9557, Wyoming Department of Public Safety at 616-530-7300 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345 .
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