A 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested early Monday after harassing two women while wearing clown masks and brandishing firearms in the Bitter Lake neighborhood.

Around 12:20 a.m., officers were flagged down by two women on Aurora Avenue North. The two women said they had been approached the night before by two masked males near North 128th Street. One suspect appeared to be holding a gun, while the other repeatedly adjusted his waistband. Fearing abduction, the women ran away.

While speaking with the victims, officers saw a car matching the suspect’s vehicle pulling into a nearby fast-food restaurant parking lot.

Police initiated contact with the two suspects. Inside the car, officers saw clown masks and extended gun magazines.

The 19-year-old admitted to the incident,

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