GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man looking for a good deal on a computer found himself looking down the barrel of a gun in what police call “robbery by appointment.”
The Grand Rapids Police Department says three people have been arrested for the Saturday robbery that resulted in the victim suffering a gunshot wound.
The 25-year-old Grand Rapids Community College dean’s list student was looking for a good deal on a MacBook Pro and found one on the online app OfferUp, which is similar to Craigslist. It turned out the deal was too good to be true.
“I was shocked. Yeah. I was shocked. I didn’t even know it’s real,” said the victim, who asked not to be identified.
He came to West Michigan from Iran about five years ago and hoped to pursue a career in engineering.
He said the so-called seller said he was selling the computer from his home and claimed he wanted to be careful because he had been robbed previously.
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