Crime & Safety

11-Year-Old, Friends Accused Of Armed Robbery In Columbia: Police

Howard County police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery when three juvenile males approached another juvenile in Columbia.

COLUMBIA, MD — Three juveniles robbed another juvenile at gunpoint outside Dick's Sporting Goods in Columbia on Sunday, Sept. 8. The juvenile male victim told police that as he was leaving the store located at Dobbin Road and Route 175, the three males approached him. One was armed.

The three male juvenile suspects are ages 17, 14 and 11. According to Howard County police reports, the gun used in the incident was later determined to be a BB gun.

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