Man robbed of backpack in downtown Little Rock, police say

A man was pushed against a wall and robbed in downtown Little Rock early Saturday, police said.

Officers were called shortly before 2:10 a.m. in reference to a robbery that happened about an hour earlier in the 500 block of Scott Street, according to a report from the city’s Police Department.

That address is near the intersection of East Capitol Avenue.

There, the 36-year-old victim told police that he was asked what he had worth taking before being pushed against a wall and robbed of a purple backpack as well as books.

The man, whose shirt sleeves were ripped, suffered a minor cut to his right elbow, the report noted.

The victim described the robber as a black man who stands about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds.

No suspects were named, and no arrests had been made at the time of the report.

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