The answer - they were all held up by a serial armed robber in a creepy clown mask. This clown terrorized Garden City store clerks at gunpoint before finally being arrested on Sunday morning.

A six-time felon wearing a clown mask has been arrested after a high-speed chase with Hillsborough County deputies on Tuesday.

we have made the decision to remove a variety of clown masks from our assortment, both in stores and online," Joshua Thomas, spokesperson for Target confirmed to Mashable. The in-store costume ...