Robber beats 56-year-old man with pipe in Little Rock park, police say

A man told offices he was robbed of his wallet and cellphone Tuesday after someone beat him with an aluminum pipe at a Little Rock park, police said.

Officers were sent at 5:32 p.m. to a park at 1401 Main St., where they met a 56-year-old man who said he'd been robbed, according to a police report.

The man told officers that he and some other people were drinking in the park when another person hit him with a pipe and stole his wallet and cellphone.

The robber ran away, and the 56-year-old ran to a gas station to call authorities, he said.

No suspect was named on the report.

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