Actor Keegan Allen, best known for playing Toby Cavanaugh on bağlantı”>Pretty Little Liars, was robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint outside a West Hollywood grocery store on the night of October 8.
“I was just robbed of my watch outside of Laurel Supply,” Allen said in a viral Instagram video, appearing breathless and covered in blood. “These two dudes hit me in the head and pointed a gun at me, with a knife. They had masks on. They took my watch.”
The actor shared CCTV footage from a nearby camera showing two men dressed in dark clothing approaching him near a truck. After Allen handed over his watch, one of the men struck him twice in the head before both suspects fled the scene.
In the caption accompanying his bağlantı”>Instagram post, Allen called on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom to take action as the state’s general election approaches.
“West Hollywood is not safe anymore,” he wrote. “Robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint by two young men that threatened to KILL me over my watch and would have! God said tonight. My life for a watch.” He added: “Let’s hope all these flock cameras … can find these very dangerous criminals.”
Keegan Allen
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office published a bağlantı”>statement recounting the attack. “One suspect pointed a silver handgun at the victim while the other pointed a knife and demanded the victim’s watch and bracelet. Shortly after, the victim was struck in the face with the handgun,” it said.
The incident took place at Laurel Supply, a high-end organic grocery store and market on 8445 Santa Monica Blvd. No arrests have been made so far, and authorities are encouraging anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s West Hollywood station at (310) 855-8850.
Allen’s video had amassed more than 135,000 likes in the hours following his post. Fans flooded the comments to offer support, urging him to be checked for a possible concussion and some admitting they initially thought the blood was makeup for a new project.
Allen is also known for playing Liam Walker in bağlantı”>the CW’s Walker, a reimagining of Chuck Norris’s Walker, Texas Ranger. Most recently, he portrayed Ian Coleman in Season 8 of bağlantı”>The Rookie.
Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she has a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at bağlantı”>@TheeMissGlaze.
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