每天读一篇英语小故事：The Starbucks Robbery

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　　It is a crime that is getting to be common in Los Angeles. Customers are
enjoying their meals at a restaurant. Two or more criminals stroll in and start
waving their guns at everyone. They demand that everyone put their wallets or
empty their purses into a bag, and then the gunmen stroll out. They usually wear
hoodies or baseball caps with sunglasses to thwart identification.
        　　At 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the business establishment was a Starbucks. Three
young men walked in, emptied the cash register, robbed the employees and the
customers, and walked out to their stolen SUV. The police were able to respond
quickly. A chase ended with one police car ramming the SUV from behind on the
Third Street overpass. The SUV came to a stop, but, as usually happens, the
three criminals were unhurt. They immediately hopped out of the SUV and started
running in three different directions. It took about 10 minutes to catch two of
them; one had hidden in a dumpster, and the other had broken a car window and
hidden in the car.
        　　The third one, instead of running, had decided it was quicker to jump off
the overpass onto the freeway 20 feet below. He landed in an emergency lane, but
did not get up and run. He did not get up at all. When police got to him, he was
dead. “Too bad he wasn’t holding hands with the other two when he jumped,” said
one officer, who asked to remain nameless.