Gunman tries to take boy's lunch money

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CLEVELAND - A sixth-grader was held up at gunpoint at a bus stop by a man who demanded his lunch money, authorities said.

"It's an act of serious desperation," Cleveland police spokesman Lt. Wayne Drummond said. "How much money can you expect to get from an 11-year-old kid on his way to school?"

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His mother, Chery Darby, said her son takes the city bus to school because he lives too close to ride the school bus and because her van is too unreliable.

Gregory Darby said the man seized him by the left arm and asked where he lived. He eventually pointed a gun at him and demanded all of his lunch money.

Darby said he had $2 in his back pocket but forgot because he was scared. Darby said he froze and the man cursed him, then ran behind some buildings.

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