A 9-year-old boy running a neighborhood lemonade stand was reportedly robbed at gunpoint.
A 9-year-old boy running a neighborhood lemonade stand was reportedly robbed at gunpoint on Saturday. The Union County Sheriff's Office in Monroe, North Carolina announced in a release that "the boy was allegedly approached by a teenage black male suspect wearing a camo hat and black shirt."
"The suspect allegedly stuck a black handgun to the boy's stomach, demanded money and fled the scene on foot," the release further noted. Deputies searched the area and "located a trail in the woods where a camo hat, a black colored BB handgun and the stolen metal tin were recovered." The sheriff's office is asking that those with information come forward.
