LOCAL Boy Robbed of Puppy at Gunpoint

from WDIV Detroit TV 4

Detroit police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy was robbed of his 3 week old pitbull labrador puppy at gunpoint. The boy was in the backyard of his westside Detroit home when an unknown man approached him and presented a handgun.

The man demanded the boy give up the dog.

The boy and his mother are evacuees of Hurricane Katrina and were unable to provide police with pictures of the dog.