Teens go on robbery spree in Minneapolis

Minneapolis Police are combing the streets tonight searching for three teenage criminals that they say went on a robbery spree Tuesday evening in Minneapolis.

Investigators tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that last night in north Minneapolis the boys carjacked one man, then picked people at random, and robbed them at gunpoint in the Cleveland neighborhood.

Between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., the teens robbed six people.

One woman, who wanted us to protect her identity, says the teens approached her when she and a friend walked out of her home.

"The one in the back was holding the gun," she said. "We were really scared out of our minds. It’s fear at a level that I’ve never experienced before," she said.

Police say the crime spree may have been some sort of gang initiation.

"It’s unusual that someone would do the amount of robberies that they did in such a short amount of time," said Lt. Mike Fossum, of the Minneapolis Police Department.