A woman was violently assaulted by a 13-year-old boy during a robbery in Seattle, Washington, police revealed.
The young thug was arrested earlier this month after he snatched a woman’s purse at a Seattle pharmacy.
Authorities said the teen punched the victim in the face when she confronted him.
The incident in the 2600 block of Southwest Barton Street on April 6.
The crime was captured on the pharmacy’s surveillance camera.
The video shows two teens walking up to a woman near the entrance of the pharmacy when one of the teens swipes her purse from her hands.
The contents of the purse are strewn onto the sidewalk as the woman chases the teen outside the store.
Other juveniles can be seen in the video picking up and stealing the woman’s belongings that fell out.
At one point in the video, the woman confronts one young suspect.
The thug can then be seen putting his fists up and punching the woman once in the face before walking away with others.
Officers responded to reports of a strong-arm robbery, the Seattle Police Department said.
The victim told police that an employee had confronted a group of teens inside the store.
The gang was accused of not paying for merchandise.
She described how the purse snatching unfolded.
The teen grabbed the victim’s shirt and threw her to the ground before punching her in the face several times, police said.
Police later located the suspect and two other teens near 18th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Barton Street.
Officer-worn bodycam video shows officers approaching the 13-year-old suspect.
“Am I being detained?” the teen asks.
An officer replies that the suspect is being detained.
The cop then informs the teen that he is being arrested for robbery.
“Robbery? What the f**k,” the teen can be heard saying.
As officers tried to place the suspect in handcuffs, the boy attempted to run away, police footage shows.
The suspect made it only a few steps before officers grabbed him and put him in handcuffs.
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The 13-year-old was booked into the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center for investigation of robbery.
The two other teens were identified and released.
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