A group of angry local population has gathered outside the house from a 14-year-old boy who is reportedly terrorized shoppers with a fake gun in a shopping center in Melbourne.
The teenager, who cannot be identified, was one of three boys aged 13, 14 and 16, who reportedly have fake guns aimed at shoppers in the Somerville Central Shopping Center in the southeast of Melbourne at around 10.40 am on 6 February .
The 14 and 16-year-old boys were sued by the police, but released after a few hours on bail.
The angry crowd stood outside the 14-year-old house on the Mornington Peninsula on Friday and demanded that he was removed from the neighborhood.
One local estimated that hundreds of people gathered outside the house all night.
“They came from everywhere. They called them “dog” and everything, just, you know, just “coming from this house” and “coming out of this street”.
The police were eventually called upon to help the crowd deal and keep peace after demonstrators started screaming to the house before the crowd gradually spread.
The rally was initially advertised on Facebook by a local who said they would not tolerate the alleged actions of the teenager.
'Hundreds' of the BEV-Fierende Location population came to the house of a 14-year-old boy on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula on 7 February
The boy was one of the three, 13, 14 and 16 years old, who reportedly stolen fake cannons and aimed at Shoppers in Somerville Central Shopping Center at about 10.40 am on 6 February
“It was a peaceful protest to send a message to these young children who have had enough people,” Saud.
“We all had enough of crime, bad behavior, drugs and flexible court sentences,” said another.
Victorian police confirmed that they had witnessed a number of people who gathered outside a house after reports on social media to attend an address for a rally. “
Allegedly the boys stolen the imitation guns from a store before they immediately pointed them to people in the middle.
A teenager was seen who aimed a gun to a woman and her 18-month-old Babybaby when they left a department store in a hair-raising photo of the alleged rampage.
Another showed two of the alleged perpetrators buffered and sitting on the sidewalk outside the shopping center after the police quickly arrested the trio.
“Officers quickly arrived and arrested three boys,” said Victoria's police in a statement on Friday.
Victorian police quickly arrested the boys and accused the two oldest of possession imitation firearm, affray and theft
The woman who reportedly had the fake gun aimed at her and her baby said she was on her way to order a coffee when it happened.
“My daughter played in the playground. They walked over to her and pointed the gun directly into her face, “she told 3AW.
“My daughter looked straight at him. I have no idea of ​​weapons, I didn't know if it was really fake. My first reaction was to pick her up and move her away.
'Fortunately, the boys turned around and walked away. We were very shocked and scared. There were also many witnesses who were also scared, which is understandable. '
The mother said that everything she could think of the next day was'A gun in my daughter's face '.
The police accused the 14-year-old and 16-year-old boys of possession of imitation firearm, affray and theft.
They were both bail and will appear at a later time for a children's dish.
The 13-year-old boy was released without charges.
