Image copyright CBS Symbol caption The boy resumed selling lemonade a day after the incident
Police in North Carolina are looking for a teen who they are saying robbed a 9-year-old boy at gunpoint even as the child was selling lemonade.
Investigators say the assailant “stuck a black handgun to the boy’s stomach” ahead of fleeing the scene with $17 (£THIRTEEN) in cash on Saturday afternoon.
On Sunday the boy back to sell beverages on the community pool in Monroe, about 30 miles (50km) from Charlotte.
Within hours, he had raised over $250 for his landscaping industry.
Neighbours informed WCNC-TELEVISION that the boy’s natural lemonade stand is definitely known in the neighbourhood, and that he’s an entrepreneur who additionally mows lawns in the community.
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the cash that he raised after the robbery can be used to shop for a using lawnmower, his father mentioned.
Deputies say the teenager wore a camouflage hat and a black shirt whilst he robbed the boy, and should have stashed a bicycle within the woods which he used to escape the scene.
Detectives later found a trail within the woods, where they recovered the hat, a BB gun they believe used to be used within the crime, and a steel box the place the boy had stored his earnings.
Image copyright CBS Image caption The boy also mows lawns in the group
“I’ve by no means heard of a lemonade stand theft,” mentioned Tony Underwood of the Union County Sheriff’s Administrative Center on Sunday.
“You Understand, I Think persons are in a position to so much of items however not robbing a child at a lemonade stand. That one takes it to a brand new degree.”
Mr Smith said that his son will proceed to sell lemonade, but with added protection precautions.
“it isn’t going to forestall us,” he stated. “We’re going to maintain promoting lemonade.”
