Pair robbed at gunpoint outside Flat Rock mobile home

FLAT ROCK, Mich. (FOX 2) - A suspect robbed two people at gunpoint outside a Flat Rock mobile home Wednesday evening.

Police said the victims pulled into a driveway in the 24000 block of Deer Creek Drive in Deerfield Estates Mobile Home Park when they were approached from behind by a suspect armed with a black semi-automatic handgun around 6:15 p.m. 

That suspect demanded items from the victims. There was a brief physical confrontation, police said, before the victims complied and the suspect fled.

The victims told police they saw the suspect get into the front passenger side of a black Chrysler 300 with chrome accents and tinted windows. The car fled west on Deer Creek Drive toward Telegraph Road and eventually went northbound on Telegraph.

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Police said the victims do not know the suspect, but also noted it appeared to be an isolated incident. 

The suspect is described as a Black male between the ages of 16 and 20. He was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with black sleeves and the hood over his head, black pants, and black shoes. The getaway driver also appeared to be a young Black male, the victims told police.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 734-782-2496.