Gunmen target school bus stops to rob students, Arizona police say
Students waiting at their school bus stops were robbed at gunpoint in Arizona, police said.
The armed robberies began in the morning on Jan. 31 in El Mirage, the police department wrote on Facebook.
Officers said they received several calls about the robberies. They also received a second robbery report potentially involving the armed suspects at a Circle K in Surprise, police said.
Police found an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old in a blue car near a bus stop they are accused of robbing students at, KNXV-TV reported. Police said the stolen black car they had driven during the robberies was parked near the 16-year-old’s car, KTVK reported.
The 18-year-old man was identified by KTVK as David Artemio Rosales. He faces multiple charges, including robbery, assault, theft, weapons and explosives, and offenses against public order, according to his jail record.
A 17-year-old student who was robbed told KNXV-TV a black Nissan Altima pulled up to the bus stop in front of him and the driver told him to come to the car.
The driver showed the teen a gun, he said, so he gave over his phone, computer from his backpack and some “pocket change,” the news outlet reported.
No one was injured, police said.
El Mirage is about 19 miles northwest of Phoenix.
This story was originally published February 2, 2022 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Gunmen target school bus stops to rob students, Arizona police say."
