Oleka was waiting outside with Pablo and a silver Audi got up. Four young males came out and headed for the store. They were wearing hoods and masks and one had a gun. Oleka said that he felt a gun being pressed on him and heard the perpetrator say: “Let me take your dog”. Another man picked up Pablo, Oleka said, while two others picked up his phone and wallet. DC police say Oleka was the victim of one of three armed robberies and a 35-minute shooting on Wednesday afternoon that began after 4 p.m. at Brightwood Park and continued to Shaw and Eckington and near NoMa-Gallaudet Underground Station. The attacks include the arrest of another pet – a 1-year-old French bulldog named Bruno – who was also arrested at gunpoint about 15 minutes before Pablo was arrested, police said. On Thursday afternoon, DC police announced that Pablo had been retracted to the Northeast and several arrests were made before he was reunited with his owners. Officials did not name those arrested or clarify the charges. “Detectives are continuing to investigate and there will be more details. Pablo was reunited with its owners. “Efforts are underway to locate the second dog, Bruno,” police said in a statement. Before receiving the good news about Pablo, Shevcik said she was crying in the “fourth collapse of the hour” when the chief detective asked to have a video chat. Once connected, she saw another officer holding her missing family member. As soon as he got home, Pablo zoomed in on the yard, ate a large bowl of food and immediately went to bed, Sevcic said late Thursday. “It’s shockingly normal. “We were excited that he remembered us,” he said. “We are so grateful, we will all sleep so well tonight.” Meanwhile, the terrifying and frustrating ordeal of being a victim of armed robbery has begun for Oleka and Sevcik. “It was noon,” said Oleka, 30, a corporate lawyer. “There was a policeman not far away. There was a guard at CVS. “There have been many incidents that have apparently taken place with this car and at this point in time, they have escaped.” Armed seizures come as the Region faces a 30 percent increase in violent crime this year, largely due to a nearly 60 percent increase in robberies, from 456 right now in 2021 to 725 this year. 3 in 10 district residents do not feel safe in their neighborhoods, according to the Post poll Homicides, which rose for the fourth straight year in 2021, are down slightly this year, although car robberies and shootings continue to be a concern. On Monday night, a 15-year-old was shot dead in Columbia Heights, another sign of a city struggling to restore security. A Washington Post poll conducted this year found that 3 out of 10 DC residents do not feel safe in their neighborhood. The first robbery occurred at about 4:12 p.m., when four men got out of a vehicle at 5400 Kansas NW Avenue in Brightwood Park. Bruno owner Jamaica Harvey last saw him in the video of the security camera Ring, when her boyfriend left their house and walked to the square. A little while later armed robbers took the dog. A police report says the group approached a man as he was walking his dog. A man pointed a gun and asked Bruno for the owner’s personal belongings. The perpetrators escaped in the vehicle with Bruno, a mobile phone and a wallet. Bruno wore a red collar and a black leash, according to Harvey. The 30-year-old beautician moved to the District about a year ago from San Diego and remains deeply concerned about her new community. The internet chat even suggests that residents are carrying legally hidden weapons, he said. “You do not have to do this to walk in the community,” Harvey said in a telephone interview Thursday. “You should not feel insecure when you walk your dog.” Harvey said she was ready to offer a reward for Bruno returning home safely. “I’m willing to do anything to get my dog ​​back,” Harvey said. Police said they believe the same people abducted Pablo at 4:29 p.m. outside CVS on Eighth Street and Florida Avenue, just south of Howard University Hospital. Oleka and Sevcik, 27, a professional singer, said they acquired Pablo on April 2 from K-9 Lifesavers, a non-profit rescue team that has added $ 5,000 to a $ 10,000 reward from police. The couple said they originally planned to raise Pablo, who has black and brown fur and blue eyes, but soon realized he was their lifelong partner. “He’s just a fan of shows,” Sevcik said. “Wherever we put him in public, people say he’s adorable.” He said Pablo was a mix-up and probably “not worth what the robbers thought”. Police said they located the Audi. Minutes after Pablo was arrested at 4:38 p.m., police said they believed the same perpetrators were in the Eckington neighborhood of northeastern Washington, where two men were reportedly shot at 2100 Fourth Street NE. Police said the men suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Police did not say if the men were shot in an attempted robbery. Police said they believe the same group at 4:48 p.m. robbed a gunman at 1300 Second Street NE, near the NoMa-Gallaudet metro station. Oleka and Sevcik said the ordeal was forcing them to reconsider their position in the Region. Oleka said he was disappointed with the initial police response, saying it seemed like a fight for detectives to unite the crimes. However, Sevcik said she was encouraged by the burst of support and help on social media. “This is a tiny silver investment in all of this,” he said. “We feel great support from the people of the Region.”