A 7-year-old boy is afraid to go outside and play with his friends after being robbed at gunpoint in his South Memphis neighborhood.
Kamari Hardin was walking home from the Riverview Community Center near his home on Vaal Avenue around 9 p.m. Wednesday when he said a teenager pinned him to the ground and stole two $5 bills from his pocket.
“I heard one say don’t do it because he’ll get his mama. He still did it,” said Kamari. “He pat them down first when he stole their money. He pinned me down. He put his knee on my legs, so I won’t move. He put the gun on my leg, and I was holding my pocket because I was trying to protect myself, when he pulled my hand off my pocket. He got into my pocket, and he stole my money.”
Kamari’s mother, who didn’t wish to be identified, said her children never experienced anything like that before moving to the neighborhood, and said she’s angry because her young son was traumatized by what happened.
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