GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities are investigating after two students said they were robbed in the back of a Snellville high school.
Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh was told the victims were waiting for their rides at Shiloh High School when three unknown males took their cellphones.
Jessica Aguirre said she never thought she'd be robbed outside her own school.
"He just ran up to us, took my phone and started running away. I was just walking and I didn't even notice he took it," she told Kavanaugh.
Aguirre said a group three boys were nearby when one of them slipped the phone right out her back pocket.
"He was pulling his knife when I saw him snatching her phone away, but then he put it back in his pocket," said Aguirre's friend, Crystal Vargas.
Vargas said the group of alleged robbers flashed the knife as they robbed a second student. Gwinnett police are investigating that claim.
The students said they are more angry than upset that someone what just take their belongings and run away.
No one was hurt during the robbery.
School resource officers and administrators are investigating the case.
Stay with Channel 2 Action News for updates on this developing story.
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