Police arrest two, seize loaded handgun after robbery, crash

A gunpoint mugging for cash and shoes wound up with the getaway car crashing into other vehicles in a pursuit through Sandy Hill, then two suspects in cuffs after a foot chase.
It began at about 4:15 p.m. at Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue when a 22-year-old man was approached by a man who produced a gun, police said. He demanded the victim’s money and a pair of newly-purchased shoes before fleeing in a Dodge Charger.
The victim flagged down a passing patrol officer who spotted the Ch