At around 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, the GSU officers was conducting an operation on Victoria Street two Hispanic came running to report that they had just been robbed on Barack Road with a firearm by 2 dark complexion men who were on bicycles.
One of the victims explained that the robber struck him on his face and then pulled the trigger three times but the gun failed to fire. A GSU team in the same area saw two dark complexion men identified to them as 18 year old Raheem Reid and unemployed of #2 Pickstock Street and a 15 year old male minor of #18 Victoria Street. Both boys were near a gate on Pickstock Street and as the officers approached them, the minor attempted to ride off but was apprehended. The victims pointed out the same two individuals as those who had robbed them.
Police searched Raheem Reid and found a Samsung brand cellular phone which had been stolen from one of the men.
The officer then searched near the fence where the pair was standing and found a Smith and Wesson brand 9 mm pistol loaded with 5 rounds of Aguila brand ammunition. The serial number of the firearm was removed. When they were asked if they had license for the firearm, they both said no. Both Reid and the minor have been jointly arrested and charged for one count of robbery, keeping firearm without a gun license and keeping ammunition without a gun license. The minor was additionally charged for attempted murder and aggravated assault.
