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Milwaukee police arrested five teens who are believed to be responsible for up to a dozen armed robberies across the city, including some committed on the east side earlier this week.

Officers from District 7 saw a suspected stolen car near N. 72nd St. and W. Hampton Ave. about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday and tried to stop it, but the car fled, according to a Milwaukee police news release.

Officers chased the car and about 10 minutes later, five teens got out, fled on foot in the 3900 block of N. 23rd St. and were arrested soon after, police said.

The teens, all male, range in age from 16 to 18. Milwaukee police recovered a gun and three sets of car keys during the investigation and believe the group could be responsible for at least 12 armed robberies throughout the city over the past few days.