HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 20-year-old man is accused of robbing a 9-year-old at gunpoint in a southwest Houston apartment complex, according to police.

HPD said officers responded to the scene at Las Villas Del Parque Apartments on Gasmer Drive at 8:50 p.m. on Oct. 6.

The department said a 9-year-old was carrying bags of groceries with his brother to their apartment while their mother was walking ahead of them.

Officials said that's when Joel Alfredo Reyes approached and stole the bags of groceries at gunpoint.

According to law enforcement, Reyes then went around the corner in the apartment complex and gave those bags of groceries to his girlfriend.

HPD said Reyes was arrested at the complex. While there, HPD said it found a rifle at the scene.

Reyes faces a felony charge of aggrav

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