Children’s lemonade stand robbed at gunpoint in South Boston

BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston police are searching for two suspects accused of robbing a children’s lemonade stand at gunpoint in South Boston Wednesday afternoon, the department announced.

Boston police responded to a radio call reporting an armed robbery on West Ninth Street at approximately 4:44 p.m. Before officers arrived, they received a description of two juvenile male suspects who fled on foot down the street in the direction of Dorchester Street. They said one of the two suspects was observed displaying a black firearm in his waistband at the time of the incident.

When officers arrived, they located the victims, two children who had been operating a lemonade stand. The victims told police that the suspects walked by the stand several times before approaching and asking whether they accepted Apple Pay as payment…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS