Online ad turns into armed robbery in Visalia

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Monday, June 27, 2016
Online ad turns into armed robbery in Visalia
Police say the victim wanted to buy an electronic listed for sale on an internet website when a male teen walked up to him, hit him with a gun, and took his wallet and cell phone.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Four people, some of them teenagers, are in jail Sunday after robbing a man at gunpoint at a Walmart in Visalia.

Police say the victim was there to buy an electronic listed for sale on an internet website.

That's when a male teen walked up to him, hit him with a gun, and took his wallet and cell phone.

That suspect the took off in a getaway car.

Police were able to track that car and arrest four people involved, three of whom were teenagers.