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MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with two unsolved murders in the city.

It all started Friday just after 5 p.m. when officers said two masked men walked into Burger King at 4041 N. Green Bay Avenue armed and demanding money.

Officers arrived shortly after to find a man running from the scene. They arrested him several blocks away.

"The subject gave them a false name," said Sergeant Rochelle Gawin.

When the name he gave didn't come up on their system, the officers used a new finger print scanner also known as a Morpho Rapid I.D. Unit.

"If he's in our system, it's going to come back with his name," said Officer Edward Ciano. 

And sure enough a name did come back.

It turns out, the name was a man wanted for at least two murders, one in 2004, the other from this summer.

"I can't talk about the homicides because it's still under investigation," said Gawin.

Police wouldn't tell us anything about the murders, like the names of the victims or the suspect who's in custody.

They also wouldn't release any more information about the robbery but we know at least one armed robber still is on the loose.

"The gentleman in question was in police custody and they needed to ID the person and we were able to ID the person right away and get him off the streets," said Ciano.

"I'm just glad they caught him, you know," said Burger King customer Sean Fargo.

Glad in part says Fargo because he happened to be inside the fast food joint just before the robbery on Friday.

"It's crazy, it really is to see what's going on," he said.

And while new technology may not stop what's going on, police believe it can't hurt.

"If you've done something wrong, we're going to find out who you are," explained Ciano.