Security cameras from a Long Beach restaurant captured the moments of an armed robbery suspect walking away from a hours-long standoff after a SWAT team searched the area.

The standoff happened early Tuesday morning after the suspect allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven store in downtown Long Beach. SWAT officers tried to convince the suspect to surrender and searched the convenience store after 13 hours.

The Long Beach Police Department cleared the scene at 5:20 p.m. and issued a notice stating that the suspect had escaped.

However, a security camera captured the suspect walking through the Broadway Pizza and Grill, which is two doors down from the 7-Eleven.

"I went back and looked at the video footage," owner Mike Rossetti said. "And then I realized, this is really strange because this g

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