RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City Police are urging caution when purchasing through online market places after an incident over the weekend.
Police say they were dispatched to a residence in Star Village at around 5:25 p.m. Nov. 13, to take a report of a robbery that had occurred earlier in the day.
While speaking to the reporting party, police learned they had attempted to purchase an item via an online social media marketplace.
The reporting party had agreed to meet the seller at 10 Surfwood Drive to complete the transaction earlier in the afternoon, and when they arrived to meet the seller, the seller asked them to come inside the building. The reporting party followed the seller inside, where the seller confronted them with a handgun and demanded the reporting party’s personal property from their person.
The reporting party then fled the scene uninjured.
The suspect was described as a skinny Native American male in his early 20s, wearing a pink hoodie, black hat and dark pants.
Police continue to investigate the incident and want to remind the public to utilize safe practices when purchasing items through online marketplaces.
