RadioOnFire.com - Baltimore police are investigating an armed robbery caught on camera at a well-known Canton bar.
Andrew Carter, who became the owner of Smaltimore on Fait Avenue in Canton last month, said he was in no way prepared for what happened around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday. The bar was still open, but the bartender was preparing to close.
The bartender heard a knock at the side door, and a man asked if he could use the bathroom. After being inside for about 30 to 40 seconds, the man came out of the bathroom and pulled a silver revolver, forcing the bartender to take several hundred dollars in cash from the register.
"He handled it amazing. He was cool, calm. He wasn't rash. He did exactly what the gentleman asked for," Carter said.
The man then tried to leave, but because he has cash in one hand and a gun in the other, he asked the bartender to let him out, which he did.
"When I saw the tape, I was amazed at how calm he was. He did exactly what, probably, I would've done: Not fought back, give them the money. Money is replaceable. Your life's not worth it for several hundred dollars," Carter said.
Police described the robber as a bald white man in his late 30s to early 40s with an unkempt beard and tattoos on his arms.
Carter said the bar and restaurant community in Canton is on edge after the killing of a well-known bartender and robberies of several others, and some fear things are only getting worse.
"I think everyone's a little nervous, a little worried," Carter said. "It has been a rough June with the incident that happened on Boston Street with the shooting, two bartenders that were leaving local Canton bars off the square."
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-366-6341.
Source WBAL
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