WINONA, Minn. – A 13-year-old Winona boy pulled a gun, albeit a look-alike BB pistol, and robbed another boy of his bicycle and pedaled off. This was near the Lake Park bandshell about 4:20 p.m. Police found the bike 10 blocks away at an open-air basketball court with the baclpack on the ground with a black Gamo 430 Co2 dual-ammo .177 caliber BB/pellet air pistol. Police yanked the 13-year-old boy from the basketball game. Police said he admitted pointing the gun at the other boy, a 12-year-old, but denied aiming at his chest. “No, only to the shoulder,” police quoted the boy as saying. This was in the 700 block of East Belleview Street. The boy was arrested. He was charged with aggravated robbery and pointing a dangerous weapon at another person, and turned over to his parents. Officers picked up the bike, a $160 BMX Mongoose, and returned the bike to the robbery victim. It was he who had reported the robbery to a nearby adult at Lake Park. The adult called police. The victim said that he knew the other boy slightly and they were talking at the bandshell when the other boy took the gun from a backpack. An officer in a squad car then saw the robber pedaling east on Sarnia Street but wasn’t yet aware of any robbery. Once alerted, the officer began looking for the bicyclist and the rider and ended up on East Bellview Street and the pick-up basketball game.

Gamo 430. About $80 retail, $50 on eBay. Looks mean. Can cause mean damage.

BMX Mongoose. Something just about every kid would like.