Keegan Allen with facial laceration. Photo Credit: Instagram
The former “Pretty Little Liars” star shared bloodied video footage following an armed mugging.
By Dolores Quintana
Actor Keegan Allen, best known for his role in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars, posted a shocking video to his Instagram account. He was covered in blood as he recounted being robbed and assaulted by two masked men outside the upscale organic grocery store Laurel Supply on the 8400 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. He stated that the robbers took his watch and asked a bystander to call the bystander to call the police.
The video is intercut with security footage of the two men in front of the actor when one hits him with the gun over the head, and then the two robbers flee.
This is the video; viewer discretion is advised.
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Allen stated in the post, “West Hollywood is not safe anymore. Robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint by two young men that threatened to KILL me over my watch and would have! God said no tonight. My life for a watch.”
Actor Keegan Allen. Photo Credit: YouTube.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department West Hollywood station dispatched two deputies to the location at approximately 9:05 p.m. for a report of an armed robbery, according to the LASD press release. They found the victim, an adult male, and confirmed his account of the robbery and that the suspects had fled in an unknown vehicle.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics gave Allen a medical examination, and he was not transported to a hospital. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau will investigate the case, and no further information is available.
The City of West Hollywood issued a statement this afternoon which said, “West Hollywood is a compassionate and engaged community, and news of this violent robbery is deeply upsetting and unsettling. The City wants community members to know that community concerns are heard and taken seriously, and that public safety remains the City’s top priority. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is actively investigating this incident, and additional patrols will be conducted by Sheriff’s deputies and the City’s security ambassadors.”
Anyone with information regarding this incident, including photos or video footage of the incident or suspects, is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s West Hollywood Station at (310) 855-8850.