Boston police investigate armed robbery of children's lemonade stand by suspects as young as 11

Boston constabulary are investigating the equipped robbery of a children's lemonade basal operated by a brace of siblings.

The Boston Police Department responded astatine 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to South Boston, wherever they were met by the children and their father. The kids told officers that 2 suspects had made respective passes by their lemonade basal earlier approaching and asking if they took Apple Pay, a constabulary study provided to Fox News Digital states.

Before the young entrepreneurs could answer, 1 fishy grabbed a container containing $50 successful cash. One of the suspects displayed a achromatic firearm successful his waistband earlier the brace ran off, constabulary said.

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Boston constabulary are investigating an equipped robbery of a children's lemonade basal operated by a brace of siblings. (Boston Police Department)

"There is small I tin deliberation of much disturbing than the innocence of a children’s lemonade basal being violated by an equipped robbery," Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn, who represents portions of South Boston, wrote connected Facebook. "The thoughts of our full assemblage are with the young children and the families who had to endure this unspeakable and senseless ordeal."

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The Boston Police Department is investigating the equipped robbery of a kid’s lemonade basal being operated by a brace of siblings.

The children described the suspects to police. One appeared to beryllium a dark-skinned antheral astir 14 years aged wearing a achromatic Nike sheisty—a slang word for a full-face covering—a achromatic shirt, chartless colour shorts, and precocious achromatic socks; this fishy displayed a achromatic firearm successful his waistband.

The 2nd fishy was described arsenic a light-skinned antheral appearing to beryllium 11 years old. He was besides wearing a Nike sheisty.

Street cameras successful the country were not facing the absorption of the incident, constabulary said.

In his societal media message, Flynn said the incidental could beryllium traumatic for the children's family.

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"As neighbors, we indispensable each recognize that an injustice done to 1 of america is an injustice done to each of us," helium wrote. "While South Boston has surely changed successful my lifetime, 1 happening that remains is the tone of its people. In vicinity manner emblematic of the South Boston I grew up in, friends and neighbors are rallying to amusement their enactment for the family."

Neighbors planned to assistance the kids reopen the lemonade basal connected Friday, Flynn said.