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11-year-old boy arrested in armed robbery of Arizona store

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SAN LUIS, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona authorities have arrested an 11-year-old boy suspected of robbing a gas station store at gunpoint.

San Luis Police Department officers say they were called to the Super C gas station Tuesday on Cesar Chavez Street about 21 miles southwest of Yuma.

Officers say they arrived to find a group of four juveniles physically restraining holding an 11-year-old boy down on the ground. Officers say the boy was arrested and booked into the Yuma County Juvenile Detention Center on multiple felony charges including armed robbery.

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