CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police are searching for the suspects who officers say robbed a 12-year-old while he was playing basketball.

It happened on Nov. 4 at Duggan Park on Olympia Road.

According to police, the child was playing basketball when three people approached him.

Officers say surveillance video soon showed one of the suspects pull a gun and force the child to his knees.

It was all over a cell phone, and officers say the suspects got away with it.

Police are now turning to you for help in identifying them, because investigators say their faces are not clear in the video.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Cleveland Police Fifth District Detective Bureau at 216-623-2591.

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