Robbery from Person in Greensboro

GREENSBORO - At 1:05 a.m. on 12.17.2015—Police responded to the High Point Regional Hospital in reference to a possible assault involving a BB gun.  The victim stated he was walking eastbound in the 7300 block of W. Friendly Avenue at 2130 hours when he was approached by two white-males dressed in all dark color clothing.  The subjects confronted the victim and demanded money.  A physical altercation ensued before a black-male approached and shot the victim with possibly a BB gun.  The three suspects took money and property from the victim was last seen running eastbound on W. Friendly Avenue.  The victim walked home and called a family member to drive him to the hospital where he was still awaiting treatment for a non-life threatening injury.

Additional suspect information was not available.

The investigation is ongoing.

The name and address of the victim is being withheld temporarily.

    

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000 or text the tip to 274637 using the keyword badboyz. All calls to Crime Stoppers are completely anonymous, and may result in a reward up to $2,000.

- a press release