OMAHA -- Three men robbed the Raising Cane's on 72nd and Dodge at gunpoint early Saturday morning.
Local news sites were quick to pick up on the story as police flooded the scene.
However, it was a famous local Twitter account that broke the news to the public.
Robbery in Progress: Raising Cane's Chicken, 72nd and Dodge Street
— Mean Streets Omaha (@MeanStreetsOMA) September 19, 2015Mean Streets Omaha tweeted about the in-progress robbery, and their breaking news was followed by a spree of tweets from heartbroken and concerned chicken-lovers.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO @Sam_Prey https://t.co/03TXPIeU1G
— Mike Jones⚾ (@ThatGuy_Kildow) September 19, 2015There is no God https://t.co/NbuSC1P8yZ
— Alessandra Breen (@alessandra_719) September 19, 2015What the hell. Nothing is safe. https://t.co/qPacHITr8O
— Kaitlyn (@__xkaitlyn) September 19, 2015Some Omaha natives were too captivated by the thought of chicken to process the actual robbery.
Mmmm I love Cane's. https://t.co/jhjaCp8pJi
— abby (@ybba2026) September 19, 2015Others were practical about the matter, because if you are going to hold up a Raising Cane's, you might as well make it worth your while.
@MeanStreetsOMA was it robbery of money or the delicious chicken??
— Zachary Klemp (@ztklemp) September 19, 2015I wonder if robbers ever consider taking a meal to go https://t.co/0znO21OrpH
— Karim (@KarimFilled) September 19, 2015they wasnt leaving without them ingredients to the secret sauce https://t.co/1WbjnZuFTt
— peezus (@jpowe23) September 19, 2015Two of the three men were later described by witnesses to be wearing a Husker sweatshirt and a blue hoodie.
#jaysker https://t.co/GWNz5j1Y1O
— Joel Schafer (@joelschafer) September 19, 2015The robbery happened just before a shooting at the 72nd and Military Ave QuikTrip where two people were wounded.
The Mean Streets Omaha Twitter account tweeted a summary of the two events to which RealOmahaCougar had the only proper response to.
Twitter should get a dislike button, too. https://t.co/63pqLAxCaf
— Mountain Lyin' (@RealOmahaCougar) September 19, 2015Raising Cane's reopened for business later in the day.
According to KETV, the two men wounded at the gas station were transported to CHI Creighton with non-life-threatening injuries.




















