HAMPTON — A 49-year-old man working on a vacant home was robbed at gunpoint, and police are asking for the public to help them identify the suspects.
It happened Monday around 10:47 a.m. in the 200 block of Lee Street.
The man was working there when he saw two other men in the backyard. Police said the worker didn’t know the pair.
“The victim encountered the suspects at which time one of the suspects displayed a firearm at the victim while the other suspect began going through the victim’s pockets,” police said in a news release.
One of the suspects got some cash from the man while the other tried to take the worker’s wallet.
There was a struggle, police said, and one of the suspects “assaulted the victim by striking him twice with the firearm.”
After taking the man’s wallet, the suspects fled on foot toward Newport News Avenue.
One of the suspects is described as a black man, 18-25 years old, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall with an unkempt beard and weighing approximately 185-200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a light gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The other suspect is also a black man. Police said he appears to be between 18 and 25 years old, approximately 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing approximately 140-150 pounds. He was last seen wearing dark red rust brown thermal shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the identities and whereabouts of the suspects to call the Hampton Police Division at 757-727-6111 or the Crime Line at 888-LOCK-U-UP.
