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Update, 7:40 a.m. Friday: Here's a good-news ending. Two French bulldogs -- Bruno and Bella --  stolen at gunpoint in Northwest Detroit on Wednesday were returned Thursday to their owners and two suspects have been arrested.

Fox 2 viewers helped police solve the caper, the station says.

Original article, Thursday

Two French bulldogs were stolen from a dog trainer's yard in Detroit's Green Acres neighborhood Wednesday night by two armed men wearing surgical masks, the trainer says. 


A Ring doorbell image shows the thieves approaching (Fox 2 video)

The Fox 2 Detroit story has little information, but a startling Ring doorbell video showing two men crossing the front lawn on Gardendale Street, then fleeing separately, each carrying a yelping dog by either the collar or the scruff of its neck.

Fox 2 reports:

The man, who lives in the 20400 block of Gardendale, said that two suspects approached him with one of them armed and one wearing a tether.

The trainer says the armed man demanded he release the dogs and he is offering a $5,000 reward - doubling it if the suspects are caught.

Anyone with information leading to the recovery of the dogs, named Bruno and Bella, should call Detroit police at (313) 267-4600.

Read more: Fox 2 Detroit