A 15-year-old boy was robbed Tuesday evening while trying to buy a Playstation 5 in Little Rock, police said.
The teen met with the purported seller in the 1400 block of Madison Street at about 6:50 p.m., an incident report states. He showed the Playstation 5 to the teen, who handed him $500, police said.
According to the report, the seller pointed a black pocket knife at the teen and said “you aren’t getting anything” before fleeing south from the complex on foot with the victim's money.
No suspects were named and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.
Also on Tuesday, a Pine Bluff man was robbed at gunpoint in Little Rock while trying to buy earbuds, police said.
The 28-year-old man told officers he met with Tanner Anderson at a house on Park Street, near 12th Street, according to a separate police report. Police said Anderson arrived in what was described as a silver vehicle, accompanied by another person, and robbed the victim at gunpoint, taking $8,000 in cash.
The robbers left, traveling west on 12th Street, and fired several shots into the air, police said.
Police said they attempted to make contact with Anderson at the house described by the victim but were unsuccessful.