From the Miami Herald of May 26, 2007
North Miami puts the breaks (sic) on suspects' getaway
After a customer wrestled a gun away from a convenience store robber, an unlikely figure foiled the getaway: North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns.
The gunman, wearing a dark blue bandanna over his face, walked into the market at Northeast 14th Avenue and 129th Street about 4 p.m., police say.
After a customer tackled and disarmed him, he ran outside and jumped into a waiting gray Chrysler or Dodge with two other men.
Burns, reelected last week, was driving to City Hall when he saw the scene unfold.
For 10 minutes, he followed the car, trying unsuccessfully to dial 911. The robbers, aware they were being followed by his Secret Service-esque black SUV, abandoned their car behind North Miami's Jewish Community Center, 735 NE 125th St.
''I was just trying to get a tag number,'' said Burns, who said he never went above the speed limit.
The men ran away.
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