OfferUp deal leads to robbery, shooting in Pembroke Pines - WPLG Local 10

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A antheral was robbed astatine gunpoint past week aft helium met up with idiosyncratic who helium arranged to merchantability an iPhone to via the OfferUp platform, Pembroke Pines constabulary announced Monday.

According to authorities, the unfortunate met with the fishy astir 7 p.m. Wednesday successful the parking batch of The Avant assemblage successful the country of Southwest 123rd Terrace and 10th Street.

Police said the fishy arrived successful a blue, four-door sedan being driven by different man.

They said 1 of the suspects got retired of the car, pulled retired a weapon and demanded the iPhone, but the unfortunate refused to manus it implicit adjacent aft the fishy fired a azygous changeable into the ground.

According to police, the unfortunate tried to permission but the equipped fishy deed him successful the look with the grip of the gun.

The unfortunate yet handed implicit the iPhone, but refused to springiness up immoderate different spot contempt the suspect’s demands.

Police said the equipped robber fired 2 much shots – 1 into the crushed and different toward a building, but nary 1 was struck by the bullets.

The equipped robber past ran disconnected to the bluish sedan and the 2nd fishy drove the getaway car away.

The robber is described by constabulary arsenic a achromatic antheral betwixt the ages of 17 and 22. He was astir 5 feet, 8 inches gangly and astir 130 pounds. Police said helium had a bladed build, a acheronian complexion and short, twisted achromatic hair.

Police were incapable to get a statement of the 2nd fishy due to the fact that they said helium remained successful the getaway car during the robbery.

“The Pembroke Pines Police Department would similar to punctual our assemblage that some our East and West District constabulary stations are designated ‘Safe Deal Zones’ and are disposable to the nationalist arsenic meet-up locations for transactions negotiated online,” the constabulary section said successful a quality release. “The East District Station (Headquarters) is located astatine 9500 Pines Boulevard and the West District Station is located astatine 18400 Johnson Street.”

Anyone with accusation astir the suspects’ identities is asked to telephone the Pembroke Pines Police Department oregon Broward Crime Stoppers astatine 954-493-8477.