Kids say they were threatened, robbed of scooters in North Miami Beach
Three children were robbed while riding electric scooters to a store at a North Miami Beach shopping plaza, the victims said.
The incident happened Sunday as the children were on their way to a Ross store when they were confronted by a group of teens on bicycles in the plaza’s parking lot.
Security video captured the moment the suspects stopped the children and confronted them, apparently trying to take their scooters.
“They were trying to get us off the scooters and take them. I was in shock — frozen with fear,” one of the victims said.
Another victim, 14, who asked not to show his face out of fear, said the situation escalated quickly.
“I told him to stop touching my scooter, and then he asked me if I wanted to get punched,” he said. “He pushed me to the ground and took the scooter.”
The victims said two of the three electric scooters — worth more than $1,000 — were stolen during the incident.
Afterward, one of the children ran into the shopping center to ask for help and call 911 as the attackers fled.
The children’s parents are now calling for action from authorities.
“If they give the scooters back and we hear there were consequences and that these kids were found, then people will get the message,” the father of one victim said.
North Miami Beach police confirmed they are investigating, but have not released additional details about possible suspects or arrests.
This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC 6 editor reviewed the translation.
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