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Police: 23-Year-Old Arrested For Armed Robbery In Wilkinsburg

WILKINSBURG (KDKA) -- Police say a 23-year-old man was arrested for an armed robbery in Wilkinsburg.

On Tuesday, the Wilkinsburg Police Department said received a call of a man with a gun in the 800 block of Walnut Street.

Police say they found Shawn Michael Perry robbing a juvenile in the street.

Police say the two appeared to be struggling and money was falling around them.

Perry fled when he saw police and was caught as he entered a home on Walnut Street, police say.

Police say the gun recovered was a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, which was reported stolen from Pittsburgh.

Perry, from Wilkinsburg, is charged with robbery, assault by menace, receiving stolen property, false identification to police, resisting arrest and carrying a firearm without a license.

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