DETROIT – Detroit police are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating two unknown men who are wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a 32-year-old man in the 14100 block of Greenfield Road.
Police say the victim was walking to his car with a friend on July 3 at 1:40 a.m. when a man walked up to him and asked if he had a lighter. The man then asked the victim's friend if he had a lighter and, before the friend could respond, pulled out a gun. He was standing behind the victim.
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The man demanded the victim's cell phone. The victim handed the cell phone over and the man escaped with the other suspect, who was acting as a lookout, in a blue Dodge Caravan.
As the suspects were escaping, the victim pulled alongside their car and tried to get the license plate number, but the man who took the cell phone fired shots.
Neither the victim nor his friend was injured in the incident.
Police are searching for two 25-year-old black men.
Suspect 1 is 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has a medium brown complexion. He has a mustache and was wearing a neon green shirt and blue Levi pants.
Suspect 2 is 6 feet tall and weighs 170 pounds and has a light brown complexion. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with a black shirt underneath.
Anyone who has seen these men, knows their whereabouts or has any information is asked to call police at 313-596-5850 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.