Journalists deliver a public service by uncovering truths at every turn; some would even say that we’re heroes. But rarely do journalists actually thwart crime as it’s happening—yet that’s exactly what one Iowa reporter did.

Adam Sallett, a reporter with local CBS affiliate KIMT​ shot a live report Tuesday morning at the site of a bank robbery the previous day in Rochester, Minnesota. He was unaware, however, that the suspect had returned to the scene of the crime as he was taping.
While Sallett explained the earlier robbery to a station anchor, a bank employee quickly runs into frame.

“It's that guy right there,” the employee says, pointing to somebody off camera.
“Oh, that’s the robber!” Sallett says. “This is live TV, folks. That’s the robber, just went by, according to the bank employee. So, I gotta go here and call 911! I’ll talk to you later.”
The robber did not appear on camera, but Sallett said in a later report that he saw the suspect walk into the bank while he was setting up the shot. Sallett confirmed on Twitter later Tuesday afternoon that the suspect had been apprehended by police.