Officials said Mark David, 9, was running a neighborhood lemonade stand to raise money for a lawn mower when a male teenager, wearing a camo hat and black shirt, held him at gunpoint, demanded money, and then ran away with the cash box, WSOC reports.
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"I opened the box, he grabbed it, pushed the gun at me and ran away," Mark said.
Union County spokesman Tony Underwood said less than $20 was stolen.
Lowe's heard about Mark's story and gifted him a new-pony model riding lawn mower.
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"It's pretty cool what you're trying to do at such a young age, and tell you what, it's pretty awesome to be a part of it," Lowe's store manager Chris Beatty said.
Deputies do not have a good description of the thief but are hoping to track him down with surveillance footage and possible DNA tests.
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