5 teens assault, rob man walking on East Carson Street, police say
Five teenagers are facing charges for allegedly assaulting and robbing a man walking on East Carson Street Saturday night.
Pittsburgh police say the assault and robbery happened near 73 E. Carson Street, by the American Natural gas station, at 9:35 p.m. A man walking in the area was approached by a group of male teenagers between the ages of 13 and 15, who tried to rob him of his backpack.
Those teens ran away from the area but were located by police soon after.
The victim was treated by medics. One of the teens was taken to the hospital with a serious eye injury sustained when the victim defended himself.
Police say the five teens were arrested and are facing charges of robbery, conspiracy, and aggravated assault.
A man who walks in the same area to get to work each day expressed concern about the violence to Channel 11.
“It’s bad you know you can’t do anything out here. You can’t walk the streets, you can’t walk to no stores you can’t do anything because of what’s going on out here,” Robert Fuller said. “Walk over there in broad daylight, I come back over there it’s late night but you know I always keep my head on a swivel because I already know how it is out there.”
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