Were you strolling through the Butterfly Gardens at the National Mall in the last week of June and robbed at gunpoint by at least two gunmen?
Were you sightseeing at the National Mall in May and jumped from behind and had your camera and wallet stolen?
Were you a witness to either of these robberies?
If your answer is “yes” to any of the above, the U.S. Park Police needs your help.
Police say they have the robbers, but they are looking for the victims in two unreported robberies on the National Mall. The young stickup men, who pleaded guilty in connection with this summer’s five brutal attacks on the Mall, have confessed to police about two robberies that authorities had not known about.
The victims are due compensation and authorities can provide counseling, said Detective Todd Reid.
“They’ve had a gun pointed to their face. Who knows what they’re struggling with?”
The first unreported attack took place on May 11. The robbers grabbed a man from behind in a chokehold, threw him to the ground, kicked and punched him and stole his camera and wallet, police said. The man may have been in the military.
The second robbery occurred in the last week of June somewhere in the Butterfly Gardens on the east side of the National Museum of Natural History at Ninth Street between Constitution Avenue and the National Mall.
Police believe the victims were two women. Police believe they may have been foreign tourists because they were carrying European currency.
Anyone with information about these robberies should call the U.S. Park Police tip line at 202-610-8737.
