Police have arrested a suspect, Shawn M. Seymour, age 19, on preliminary charges of two counts of armed robbery, a level 3 felony.
Additionally, he was charged with one count of resisting law enforcement, which is a level 6 felony.
Those preliminary charges include the Thursday morning robbery at a Circle K gas station, located at 4405 E. Third St., and a Marathon Gas Station located at West Third Street and Curry Pike.
Paul C. Spence, age 18, was arrested on preliminary charges of two counts of armed robbery in the same incidents as Seymour. Spence was identified as the ?driver of the vehicle that transported Seymour.
BPD investigators received a tip at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday regarding an individual suffering a head wound that was possibly related to a shooting with the police, according to the release.
Police found Seymour with a non-life threatening head wound in the 300 block of West Kenwood. He was transported to IU Health Bloomington Hospital, where emergency room doctors determined the wound was consistent with that of a gunshot.
Spence was arrested as the result of a traffic stop and was suspected to be involved in the string of ?robberies.
Seymour’s blood as well as money and other items taken during the robberies were found in the car.
At approximately 12:19 a.m., police responded to a robbery at the Circle K store, which is located near State Road 46, past the College Mall.
A 6-foot-tall white male wearing a dark hoodie and white face mask and carrying a handgun ran east from the scene.
The man reportedly ignored commands to drop his weapon, and one officer fired at him when the suspect pointed the weapon at the other officer.
The suspect then fled the scene on foot.
At about 12:56 a.m. on Wednesday, police responded to an armed robbery at a Marathon gas station at 4001 W. Third St., BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said.
The responding officers spoke with a female clerk and a 19-year-old male patron who were both in the store at the time of the ?robbery.
The two witnesses said the gas station was robbed by a white male in his early 20s who was roughly six feet tall and wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans and a black bandana around his face.
He was wielding a black hand gun. The male patron said the subject pointed the gun at him during the ?robbery.
The suspect robbed money from the Marathon before fleeing. Officers searched the area but couldn’t locate the suspect. The case has been forwarded to the BPD’s detective division.
The Thursday morning robbery was the third in Monroe County in the previous two hours, according to an earlier release from Qualters. One robbery was investigated by the County Sheriff’s Office and another was being investigated by Ellettsville Police.
No officers or personnel were injured during the incident at Circle K. An internal investigation will be conducted regarding the officers’ discharge of his weapon.
BPD will work with the County Sheriff’s Department and the Ellettsville Police Department seeking to have Seymour charged with the two other robberies.
The case remains under investigation.
