MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A teenager was charged Monday after a seven-year-old was held at gunpoint for $10 near a park in South Memphis on Wednesday night, according to Memphis Police.
Police say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with robbery. They said this is still an ongoing investigation.
ORIGINAL STORY: 7-year-old robbed at gunpoint in South Memphis: MPD
Officers were called to the 100 block of Vaal Avenue near Castex Street by the victim’s mother just after 10 p.m.
According to police, Kamari Hardin was walking from Riverview Community Park on Kansas Street with his friends when he was attacked.
The victim said that the suspect, whom he did not know, put him on the ground and pointed a black handgun at him, went into his right pocket, took his two $5 bills, and then ran into an open field.
‘I was thinking he was gonna shoot me’: 7-year-old shaken after robbery
According to a police report, Hardin and one of his friends were robbed. Kamari and his mother told WREG that a total of three boys were robbed by two teens, who they recognized from the neighborhood.
“I heard one say don’t do it because he’ll get his mama. He still did it,” said Kamari. “He pat them down first when he stole their money. He pinned me down. He put his knee on my legs, so I won’t move. He put the gun on my leg, and I was holding my pocket because I was trying to protect myself, when he pulled my hand off my pocket. He got into my pocket, and he stole my money.”…