AUGUST 26--Following the botched armed robbery of a Walgreens in Milwaukee, a Wisconsin man fled the crime scene and threw his loaded handgun on the roof of a nearby building, a move recorded 
in all its balletic glory by a nearby surveillance camera.
According to the FBI[1], Lamont Walker, 32, tried to rob the pharmacy Wednesday morning, but an employee saw Walker--who was wearing a mask and carrying a 9mm firearm--approaching and fled the front counter.
“The subject looked up and saw that no one was at the cash register,” FBI Agent Matthew Gibson reported[2]. The gunman then ran out of the store.
A witness flagged down a Milwaukee Police Department cruiser and cops began pursuing Walker, who could be seen carrying a firearm and a black jacket. As Walker passed Pete’s Fruit Market, he threw the gun--a Jimenez Arms 9mm with 13 rounds of .380 caliber ammunition--onto the roof of the business.
As seen above, Walker’s toss was captured[3] by a store surveillance camera.
Walker was subsequently apprehended in an alley near the fruit market. He was named Thursday in a U.S. District Court complaint charging him with multiple crimes, including felon in possession of a firearm. Walker’s rap sheet[4] includes prior convictions for robbery, theft, and taking a vehicle without consent.
A federal magistrate has ordered Walker’s detention pending trial. (3 pages)